Fertility in South America, 2009

South America
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 2.08 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 6,740,231 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
6,740,231
Births per 1,000 people
17.4
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
386,904,296
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
10-143.50.9%61,981
15-1972.117.3%1,255,524
20-24108.626.1%1,868,081
25-2998.423.7%1,635,247
30-3475.618.2%1,147,489
35-3943.110.4%588,973
40-4413.23.2%166,485
45-491.40.3%16,229
50-540.00.0%221