Fertility in South America, 1980

South America
1980
Total fertility rate: 3.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 3.99 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (202 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 7,560,169 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.99
Births
7,560,169
Births per 1,000 people
31.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
240,599,581
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
10-142.90.4%40,274
15-1984.410.6%1,094,760
20-24201.125.2%2,300,977
25-29202.425.3%1,965,926
30-34154.119.3%1,223,052
35-39101.112.7%649,221
40-4444.35.5%245,729
45-497.71.0%38,672
50-540.40.0%1,556