Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2048

South America
2048
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.63 children per woman in 2048 — 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 29.3 years old. In total, 4,717,606 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
4,717,606
Births per 1,000 people
10.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
468,665,368
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
10-140.80.2%9,815
15-1927.58.4%356,973
20-2466.920.5%892,467
25-2981.825.0%1,147,456
30-3476.923.5%1,172,715
35-3954.416.7%846,678
40-4417.55.4%276,689
45-490.90.3%14,813
50-540.00.0%13