Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2053

South America
2053
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.63 children per woman in 2053 — 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 29.6 years old. In total, 4,501,029 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
4,501,029
Births per 1,000 people
9.6
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
467,946,816
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
10-140.60.2%7,758
15-1924.77.6%311,862
20-2464.219.7%831,934
25-2982.525.3%1,094,959
30-3479.324.3%1,108,438
35-3956.317.2%854,060
40-4417.95.5%277,464
45-490.90.3%14,532
50-540.00.0%13