Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2011

South America
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.03
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 2.03 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 6,671,852 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
6,671,852
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
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
104.8
Population
394,477,852
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
10-143.40.8%59,656
15-1970.217.2%1,218,722
20-24104.625.7%1,795,983
25-2995.423.4%1,603,058
30-3476.318.7%1,197,807
35-3943.310.6%612,331
40-4413.13.2%168,957
45-491.30.3%15,172
50-540.00.0%165