Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2044

South America
2044
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.64 children per woman in 2044 — 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, 4,899,400 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
4,899,400
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
467,356,816
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%11,771
15-1929.99.1%397,076
20-2469.221.1%956,912
25-2981.324.8%1,232,488
30-3475.223.0%1,172,085
35-3952.816.1%836,709
40-4417.15.2%276,917
45-490.90.3%15,422
50-540.00.0%17