Fertility in South America, 2013

South America
2013
Total fertility rate: 1.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.99 children per woman in 2013 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 6,582,492 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
6,582,492
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
402,022,527
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
10-143.40.9%57,774
15-1968.617.2%1,191,550
20-24100.425.2%1,720,346
25-2992.323.2%1,558,655
30-3476.119.1%1,230,319
35-3943.510.9%637,678
40-4412.93.2%171,597
45-491.20.3%14,438
50-540.00.0%120