Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Uruguay, 1969

Uruguay
1969
Total fertility rate: 2.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Uruguay was 2.77 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 55,829 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.77
Births
55,829
Births per 1,000 people
20.1
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
2,773,974
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
10-141.20.2%148
15-1960.911.0%6,665
20-24156.228.2%16,116
25-29147.726.7%14,635
30-3498.617.8%9,748
35-3960.310.9%5,923
40-4425.64.6%2,386
45-492.50.5%204
50-540.10.0%5