Fertility in South America, 2045

South America
2045
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2045 2015, 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   2045  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.63 children per woman in 2045 — 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 29.2 years old. In total, 4,852,065 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
4,852,065
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
467,844,218
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%11,247
15-1929.28.9%386,321
20-2468.621.0%936,526
25-2981.424.9%1,212,162
30-3475.623.1%1,174,960
35-3953.216.3%838,897
40-4417.25.3%276,609
45-490.90.3%15,321
50-540.00.0%16