Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 1986

South America
1986
Total fertility rate: 3.43
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-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 3.43 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (182 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 7,726,977 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.43
Births
7,726,977
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
273,653,655
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%43,343
15-1986.212.5%1,192,516
20-24181.826.4%2,365,895
25-29171.825.0%1,987,916
30-34125.118.2%1,233,411
35-3979.811.6%649,037
40-4433.84.9%219,946
45-496.10.9%33,601
50-540.30.0%1,303