Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2037

South America
2037
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.64 children per woman in 2037 — 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 28.7 years old. In total, 5,198,516 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
5,198,516
Births per 1,000 people
11.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
460,731,406
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
10-141.20.4%16,019
15-1934.410.4%496,012
20-2473.022.2%1,130,697
25-2981.424.7%1,283,418
30-3472.322.0%1,159,981
35-3949.815.1%825,442
40-4416.35.0%271,638
45-490.90.3%15,285
50-540.00.0%20