Fertility in South America, 2001

South America
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 2.41 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 7,219,311 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
7,219,311
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
352,811,790
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%61,702
15-1982.217.1%1,426,456
20-24131.927.4%2,144,241
25-29114.623.8%1,674,317
30-3483.917.4%1,118,805
35-3947.79.9%595,907
40-4416.03.3%176,958
45-492.20.5%20,469
50-540.10.0%443