Fertility in South America, 2060

South America
2060
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2060 2030, 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   2060  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.63 children per woman in 2060 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (84 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.9 years old. In total, 4,220,557 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
4,220,557
Births per 1,000 people
9.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
462,901,305
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
10-140.50.1%5,461
15-1921.16.5%252,403
20-2460.318.5%749,492
25-2983.625.7%1,067,380
30-3483.025.5%1,083,610
35-3958.117.8%783,025
40-4418.05.5%264,735
45-490.90.3%14,437
50-540.00.0%12