Fertility rate in South America

12 countries in South America, 2024. Unit: births per woman. World ranking →

First in the ranking
2.52
Bolivia
Median country
1.89
half above, half below
World
2.19
World Bank aggregate
Range
1.14 to 2.52
Chile - Bolivia

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Bolivia (2.52) and the lowest in Chile (1.14).

The median country is at 1.89: half are above, half below.

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN) · licence

Fertility rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Bolivia2.52
2Paraguay2.42
3Guyana2.40
4Suriname2.23
5Venezuela2.08
6Peru1.97
7Ecuador1.81
8Colombia1.63
9Brazil1.61
10Argentina1.50
11Uruguay1.40
12Chile1.14
World Bank, WDI · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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