Fertility in South America, 2000

South America
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.48
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 2.48 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 7,325,106 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
7,325,106
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
348,018,672
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
10-143.50.7%60,880
15-1983.916.9%1,445,983
20-24135.927.4%2,170,698
25-29118.423.9%1,700,685
30-3486.217.4%1,136,689
35-3949.39.9%607,138
40-4416.83.4%181,597
45-492.30.5%20,984
50-540.10.0%457