Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 1997

South America
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 2.68 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 7,516,148 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
7,516,148
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
332,642,597
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
10-143.20.6%56,122
15-1985.516.0%1,425,302
20-24147.727.6%2,226,849
25-29129.924.3%1,776,786
30-3493.217.4%1,194,715
35-3953.810.0%620,940
40-4419.43.6%191,466
45-492.90.5%23,380
50-540.10.0%587