Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South America, 2081

South America
2081
Total fertility rate: 1.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2081  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South America is projected at 1.62 children per woman in 2081 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.5 years old. In total, 3,581,963 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
3,581,963
Births per 1,000 people
8.4
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
426,061,936
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
10-140.20.1%1,783
15-1912.83.9%126,863
20-2448.715.0%501,686
25-2988.527.2%949,661
30-3496.329.6%1,078,246
35-3960.818.7%710,573
40-4416.65.1%201,223
45-491.00.3%11,913
50-540.00.0%11