Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2054

South America
2054
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.63 children per woman in 2054 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (83 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 4,458,774 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
4,458,774
Births per 1,000 people
9.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
467,504,187
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%7,389
15-1924.17.4%303,144
20-2463.719.5%820,738
25-2982.625.3%1,089,910
30-3479.924.5%1,095,536
35-3956.617.3%849,674
40-4418.05.5%277,861
45-490.90.3%14,502
50-540.00.0%13