Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2002

South America
2002
Total fertility rate: 2.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 2.34 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 7,119,987 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
7,119,987
Births per 1,000 people
19.9
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
357,458,431
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%61,747
15-1980.017.1%1,393,017
20-24128.227.3%2,116,227
25-29111.423.7%1,657,988
30-3482.117.5%1,107,607
35-3946.49.9%587,214
40-4415.53.3%175,915
45-492.10.4%19,862
50-540.10.0%412