Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2043

South America
2043
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.64 children per woman in 2043 — 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 29.1 years old. In total, 4,944,657 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
4,944,657
Births per 1,000 people
10.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
466,753,942
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
10-140.90.3%12,306
15-1930.59.3%407,996
20-2469.721.3%982,794
25-2981.324.8%1,245,298
30-3474.822.8%1,169,532
35-3952.416.0%833,529
40-4417.05.2%277,736
45-490.90.3%15,453
50-540.00.0%18