Fertility in South America, 1960

South America
1960
Total fertility rate: 5.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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The total fertility rate of South America was 5.64 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 6,050,243 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.64
Births
6,050,243
Births per 1,000 people
40.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
148,441,038
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
10-143.00.3%25,863
15-1994.38.4%661,031
20-24260.923.1%1,598,985
25-29288.325.5%1,612,781
30-34231.020.5%1,166,373
35-39164.914.6%692,577
40-4472.06.4%248,408
45-4914.11.2%42,519
50-540.70.1%1,707