Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2049

South America
2049
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.63 children per woman in 2049 — 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 29.4 years old. In total, 4,672,778 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
4,672,778
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
468,719,854
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
10-140.70.2%9,370
15-1926.98.2%347,634
20-2466.420.3%879,176
25-2981.925.1%1,128,046
30-3477.423.7%1,167,068
35-3954.816.8%849,900
40-4417.65.4%276,860
45-490.90.3%14,698
50-540.00.0%14