Fertility in South America, 2019

South America
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.83
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.83 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 6,140,366 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.83
Births
6,140,366
Births per 1,000 people
14.5
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
423,548,243
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
10-142.40.7%39,366
15-1953.714.6%898,092
20-2490.324.6%1,552,213
25-2987.323.8%1,480,517
30-3472.719.8%1,218,464
35-3945.512.4%736,910
40-4413.63.7%200,997
45-491.00.3%13,735
50-540.00.0%64