Fertility in South America, 2010

South America
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.05
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 2.05 children per woman in 2010 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 6,693,804 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
6,693,804
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
390,701,059
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
10-143.50.8%60,433
15-1970.617.2%1,228,306
20-24106.525.9%1,831,816
25-2996.823.6%1,620,133
30-3476.018.5%1,173,339
35-3943.010.5%598,181
40-4413.03.2%165,651
45-491.30.3%15,745
50-540.00.0%208