Fertility in South America, 2050

South America
2050
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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

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-5 -1   2050  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.63 children per woman in 2050 — 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, 4,628,498 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
4,628,498
Births per 1,000 people
9.9
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
468,674,488
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%8,946
15-1926.38.1%338,448
20-2465.820.2%866,387
25-2982.025.1%1,115,126
30-3477.823.8%1,153,995
35-3955.216.9%853,889
40-4417.75.4%277,027
45-490.90.3%14,666
50-540.00.0%14