Fertility in South America, 2023

South America
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America was 1.71 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (83 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 5,689,364 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
5,689,364
Births per 1,000 people
13.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
433,024,175
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
10-141.90.6%30,027
15-1946.113.5%748,819
20-2483.224.4%1,392,012
25-2983.124.3%1,411,487
30-3468.820.2%1,153,730
35-3943.612.8%720,589
40-4413.84.0%218,393
45-491.00.3%14,263
50-540.00.0%33