Fertility in South America, 2016

South America
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.91 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 6,397,939 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.91
Births
6,397,939
Births per 1,000 people
15.5
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
413,394,991
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
10-142.90.8%48,019
15-1961.616.1%1,059,540
20-2496.325.1%1,652,878
25-2990.023.5%1,525,121
30-3474.019.3%1,228,162
35-3944.811.7%694,217
40-4412.63.3%176,271
45-491.10.3%13,641
50-540.00.0%80