Fertility in South America, 2017

South America
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.90
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.90 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 6,371,369 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.90
Births
6,371,369
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
417,045,303
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
10-142.70.7%44,766
15-1959.415.6%1,014,480
20-2495.125.0%1,635,068
25-2989.923.6%1,525,029
30-3473.919.4%1,233,021
35-3945.512.0%718,044
40-4413.23.5%187,247
45-491.10.3%13,633
50-540.00.0%76