Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Paraguay, 2007

Paraguay
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Paraguay was 2.82 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 127,972 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.82
Births
127,972
Births per 1,000 people
23.0
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
5,559,386
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
10-142.00.3%629
15-1973.112.9%22,432
20-24136.024.1%36,998
25-29139.524.7%30,741
30-34115.320.4%21,026
35-3964.911.5%10,873
40-4430.35.4%4,766
45-493.80.7%494
50-540.10.0%10