Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Mercosur

Total fertility rate in Mercosur in 2024 — 1.65 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 69.4%.

2024 1.65 births −0.24% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 5.4 births1960
Period minimum 1.65 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Mercosur, 1960–2024024619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.4 births1962: 5.36 births1964: 5.24 births1966: 5 births1968: 4.76 births1970: 4.6 births1972: 4.46 births1974: 4.3 births1976: 4.2 births1978: 4.09 births1980: 3.95 births1982: 3.78 births1984: 3.59 births1986: 3.39 births1988: 3.19 births1990: 3.02 births1992: 2.86 births1994: 2.76 births1996: 2.65 births1998: 2.55 births2000: 2.4 births2002: 2.24 births2004: 2.14 births2006: 2.07 births2008: 2 births2010: 1.97 births2012: 1.93 births2014: 1.95 births2016: 1.88 births2018: 1.86 births2020: 1.71 births2022: 1.66 births2024: 1.65 births
Change over the period: −3.74 (−69.37%) Average annual rate: -1.83 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur

Mercosur 1.65 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.65 −0 −0.24%
2023 1.66 −0.01 −0.38%
2022 1.66 −0.03 −1.51%
2021 1.69 −0.02 −0.95%
2020 1.71 −0.09 −4.91%
2019 1.79 −0.06 −3.42%
2018 1.86 −0.02 −0.94%
2017 1.87 −0.01 −0.34%
2016 1.88 −0.06 −3.04%
2015 1.94 −0.01 −0.32%
2014 1.95 +0.02 +0.89%
2013 1.93 −0 −0.06%
2012 1.93 −0.02 −1.27%
2011 1.96 −0.01 −0.65%
2010 1.97 −0.01 −0.6%
2009 1.98 −0.02 −1.04%
2008 2 −0.02 −1.16%
2007 2.02 −0.04 −2.02%
2006 2.07 −0.04 −2%
2005 2.11 −0.03 −1.34%
2004 2.14 −0.03 −1.55%
2003 2.17 −0.07 −3.12%
2002 2.24 −0.07 −3.2%
2001 2.31 −0.08 −3.42%
2000 2.4 −0.08 −3.36%
1999 2.48 −0.07 −2.8%
1998 2.55 −0.05 −1.96%
1997 2.6 −0.05 −1.95%
1996 2.65 −0.06 −2.25%
1995 2.72 −0.04 −1.6%
1994 2.76 −0.05 −1.89%
1993 2.81 −0.05 −1.69%
1992 2.86 −0.08 −2.81%
1991 2.94 −0.08 −2.53%
1990 3.02 −0.09 −2.79%
1989 3.11 −0.09 −2.73%
1988 3.19 −0.09 −2.78%
1987 3.29 −0.1 −3.05%
1986 3.39 −0.09 −2.69%
1985 3.48 −0.1 −2.87%
1984 3.59 −0.1 −2.73%
1983 3.69 −0.1 −2.61%
1982 3.78 −0.09 −2.31%
1981 3.87 −0.08 −2.03%
1980 3.95 −0.07 −1.78%
1979 4.03 −0.06 −1.53%
1978 4.09 −0.06 −1.37%
1977 4.15 −0.05 −1.19%
1976 4.2 −0.05 −1.14%
1975 4.24 −0.06 −1.29%
1974 4.3 −0.09 −2.1%
1973 4.39 −0.07 −1.46%
1972 4.46 −0.07 −1.61%
1971 4.53 −0.07 −1.49%
1970 4.6 −0.07 −1.57%
1969 4.67 −0.08 −1.78%
1968 4.76 −0.12 −2.46%
1967 4.88 −0.13 −2.56%
1966 5 −0.12 −2.4%
1965 5.13 −0.11 −2.16%
1964 5.24 −0.08 −1.57%
1963 5.32 −0.04 −0.68%
1962 5.36 −0.02 −0.37%
1961 5.38 −0.02 −0.32%
1960 5.4

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.