Fertility in South America, 1950

South America
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 5.60 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 4,773,115 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.60
Births
4,773,115
Births per 1,000 people
42.3
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
112,973,121
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
10-143.10.3%19,364
15-1995.08.5%550,910
20-24257.523.0%1,355,976
25-29285.425.4%1,256,087
30-34228.720.4%833,241
35-39164.714.7%530,708
40-4472.46.5%194,217
45-4914.11.3%31,354
50-540.70.1%1,247