Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — South America

Total fertility rate in South America in 2024 — 1.69 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 70.4%.

2024 1.69 births −0.42% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 5.71 births1960
Period minimum 1.69 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — South America, 1960–2024024619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.71 births1962: 5.66 births1964: 5.53 births1966: 5.31 births1968: 5.05 births1970: 4.85 births1972: 4.65 births1974: 4.46 births1976: 4.31 births1978: 4.16 births1980: 4 births1982: 3.82 births1984: 3.63 births1986: 3.44 births1988: 3.27 births1990: 3.12 births1992: 2.97 births1994: 2.86 births1996: 2.74 births1998: 2.64 births2000: 2.49 births2002: 2.35 births2004: 2.26 births2006: 2.18 births2008: 2.11 births2010: 2.06 births2012: 2.01 births2014: 1.99 births2016: 1.91 births2018: 1.88 births2020: 1.75 births2022: 1.71 births2024: 1.69 births
Change over the period: −4.02 (−70.41%) Average annual rate: -1.88 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South America 1.69 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.69 −0.01 −0.42%
2023 1.7 −0.01 −0.84%
2022 1.71 −0.02 −1.16%
2021 1.73 −0.02 −1.35%
2020 1.75 −0.07 −3.9%
2019 1.82 −0.05 −2.91%
2018 1.88 −0.02 −1%
2017 1.9 −0.02 −0.8%
2016 1.91 −0.06 −2.83%
2015 1.97 −0.02 −1.02%
2014 1.99 −0 −0.17%
2013 1.99 −0.02 −0.87%
2012 2.01 −0.03 −1.51%
2011 2.04 −0.02 −0.88%
2010 2.06 −0.03 −1.28%
2009 2.09 −0.03 −1.32%
2008 2.11 −0.03 −1.26%
2007 2.14 −0.04 −1.86%
2006 2.18 −0.04 −1.9%
2005 2.22 −0.03 −1.46%
2004 2.26 −0.04 −1.61%
2003 2.29 −0.06 −2.53%
2002 2.35 −0.06 −2.67%
2001 2.42 −0.07 −2.89%
2000 2.49 −0.08 −2.94%
1999 2.57 −0.07 −2.72%
1998 2.64 −0.05 −1.93%
1997 2.69 −0.05 −1.98%
1996 2.74 −0.07 −2.35%
1995 2.81 −0.05 −1.89%
1994 2.86 −0.06 −1.99%
1993 2.92 −0.05 −1.73%
1992 2.97 −0.07 −2.44%
1991 3.05 −0.07 −2.2%
1990 3.12 −0.08 −2.36%
1989 3.19 −0.08 −2.32%
1988 3.27 −0.08 −2.43%
1987 3.35 −0.09 −2.67%
1986 3.44 −0.09 −2.49%
1985 3.53 −0.1 −2.76%
1984 3.63 −0.1 −2.68%
1983 3.73 −0.1 −2.52%
1982 3.82 −0.09 −2.27%
1981 3.91 −0.08 −2.12%
1980 4 −0.08 −1.97%
1979 4.08 −0.08 −1.87%
1978 4.16 −0.08 −1.9%
1977 4.24 −0.07 −1.67%
1976 4.31 −0.07 −1.61%
1975 4.38 −0.08 −1.74%
1974 4.46 −0.11 −2.31%
1973 4.56 −0.09 −1.94%
1972 4.65 −0.1 −2.06%
1971 4.75 −0.1 −1.99%
1970 4.85 −0.1 −2.02%
1969 4.95 −0.11 −2.1%
1968 5.05 −0.13 −2.44%
1967 5.18 −0.13 −2.42%
1966 5.31 −0.12 −2.2%
1965 5.43 −0.11 −1.93%
1964 5.53 −0.08 −1.44%
1963 5.61 −0.04 −0.76%
1962 5.66 −0.03 −0.47%
1961 5.68 −0.02 −0.38%
1960 5.71

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.