Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2046

South America
2046
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.63 children per woman in 2046 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (82 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 4,808,227 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
4,808,227
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
468,221,393
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
10-140.80.3%10,751
15-1928.68.8%376,300
20-2468.020.8%920,702
25-2981.524.9%1,190,806
30-3476.123.3%1,175,867
35-3953.716.4%841,837
40-4417.45.3%276,774
45-490.90.3%15,173
50-540.00.0%16