Fertility in South America, 2021

South America
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.74 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (85 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 5,815,711 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
5,815,711
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
428,331,373
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
10-142.10.6%34,326
15-1948.313.9%794,240
20-2485.324.5%1,451,317
25-2984.024.2%1,425,702
30-3469.620.0%1,165,992
35-3943.812.6%719,603
40-4413.73.9%210,607
45-491.00.3%13,874
50-540.00.0%48