Fertility in South America, 2026

South America
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.68 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (82 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 5,559,984 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
5,559,984
Births per 1,000 people
12.6
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
440,484,432
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
10-141.70.5%26,330
15-1942.912.8%685,845
20-2480.724.0%1,316,976
25-2981.924.4%1,381,335
30-3468.920.5%1,159,376
35-3944.713.3%743,646
40-4414.34.2%231,835
45-491.00.3%14,604
50-540.00.0%28