Fertility in South America, 2018

South America
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.88 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 6,322,330 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.88
Births
6,322,330
Births per 1,000 people
15.0
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
420,440,355
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
10-142.60.7%42,125
15-1956.915.1%962,988
20-2493.424.7%1,607,423
25-2989.523.7%1,518,291
30-3474.119.6%1,240,049
35-3946.312.3%740,982
40-4413.63.6%196,681
45-491.00.3%13,718
50-540.00.0%70