Fertility in Chile, 2017

Chile
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.56
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 1.56 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (79 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 218,305 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
218,305
Births per 1,000 people
11.8
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
18,558,868
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.80.3%480
15-1927.38.7%17,197
20-2463.520.3%45,096
25-2978.725.1%58,632
30-3476.824.5%53,659
35-3950.816.2%33,411
40-4414.24.5%9,109
45-491.20.4%726
50-540.00.0%0