Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Uruguay, 1974

Uruguay
1974
Total fertility rate: 2.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Uruguay was 2.96 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 60,347 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.96
Births
60,347
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
2,853,944
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%147
15-1967.511.4%7,934
20-24169.128.6%17,919
25-29158.326.8%15,790
30-34111.518.9%10,693
35-3961.810.5%5,906
40-4418.73.2%1,772
45-492.10.3%184
50-540.10.0%5