Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Uruguay, 1979

Uruguay
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Uruguay was 2.71 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 56,841 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
56,841
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
2,939,903
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
10-141.50.3%180
15-1966.012.2%8,043
20-24147.827.3%16,709
25-29142.726.3%14,538
30-34104.319.2%10,025
35-3957.810.7%5,343
40-4420.03.7%1,832
45-491.90.3%167
50-540.00.0%2