Fertility in South America, 2030

South America
2030
Total fertility rate: 1.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.66 children per woman in 2030 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (81 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 5,427,252 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.66
Births
5,427,252
Births per 1,000 people
12.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
449,102,411
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
10-141.50.4%22,143
15-1939.011.7%614,340
20-2477.823.4%1,245,475
25-2981.424.5%1,329,644
30-3469.821.0%1,175,177
35-3946.614.0%777,900
40-4415.04.5%247,547
45-490.90.3%14,997
50-540.00.0%23