Fertility in Uruguay, 2026

Uruguay
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Uruguay is projected at 1.38 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (69 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 32,873 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.38
Births
32,873
Births per 1,000 people
9.7
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
3,382,537
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%28
15-1923.18.3%2,616
20-2455.920.2%6,520
25-2964.723.4%7,881
30-3469.225.0%8,510
35-3950.218.1%5,857
40-4412.94.7%1,383
45-490.70.2%77
50-540.00.0%0