Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 1974

South America
1974
Total fertility rate: 4.43
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-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 4.43 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 6,915,901 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.43
Births
6,915,901
Births per 1,000 people
32.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
210,289,258
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%38,104
15-1985.19.6%961,812
20-24214.324.2%2,060,374
25-29225.525.5%1,753,569
30-34175.519.8%1,121,017
35-39118.813.4%664,237
40-4452.65.9%268,496
45-4910.31.2%46,413
50-540.50.1%1,880