Fertility in South America, 2022

South America
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.72 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (84 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 5,744,003 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.72
Births
5,744,003
Births per 1,000 people
13.3
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
430,492,778
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
10-142.00.6%31,845
15-1946.313.5%756,776
20-2483.724.3%1,413,294
25-2983.824.3%1,422,065
30-3469.520.2%1,163,987
35-3943.912.8%724,284
40-4414.04.1%217,540
45-491.00.3%14,155
50-540.00.0%41