Fertility in South America, 2020

South America
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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

Year

-5 -1   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.76 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 5,899,983 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.76
Births
5,899,983
Births per 1,000 people
13.8
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
426,213,516
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
10-142.30.6%36,532
15-1950.114.2%830,287
20-2486.824.6%1,485,242
25-2984.724.0%1,436,249
30-3470.319.9%1,178,005
35-3944.012.5%717,820
40-4413.43.8%202,059
45-491.00.3%13,717
50-540.00.0%54