Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Paraguay, 2011

Paraguay
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Paraguay was 2.67 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 130,732 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
130,732
Births per 1,000 people
22.5
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
5,814,626
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
10-142.40.4%734
15-1976.214.3%23,504
20-24128.424.0%37,043
25-29128.624.1%32,295
30-34109.320.5%22,068
35-3962.611.7%10,783
40-4424.54.6%3,938
45-492.50.5%366
50-540.00.0%1