Fertility in South America, 2008

South America
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 2.10 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 6,782,660 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.10
Births
6,782,660
Births per 1,000 people
17.7
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
383,024,966
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
10-143.60.8%62,602
15-1973.417.4%1,279,868
20-24110.626.2%1,901,721
25-2999.923.7%1,642,214
30-3475.718.0%1,127,659
35-3943.410.3%583,752
40-4413.43.2%167,875
45-491.50.3%16,718
50-540.00.0%235