Fertility in South America, 1990

South America
1990
Total fertility rate: 3.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 3.10 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 7,649,175 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.10
Births
7,649,175
Births per 1,000 people
25.9
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
295,639,534
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
10-143.00.5%49,430
15-1987.314.0%1,282,701
20-24169.627.3%2,296,383
25-29153.724.7%1,942,818
30-34109.317.6%1,214,127
35-3966.410.7%624,354
40-4427.34.4%208,802
45-494.80.8%29,514
50-540.20.0%1,049