Fertility rate: South America
1.6984931 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.6984931 |
| 2022 | 1.7115034 |
| 2021 | 1.729807 |
| 2020 | 1.7524793 |
| 2019 | 1.8225799 |
| 2018 | 1.8756915 |
| 2017 | 1.8909783 |
| 2016 | 1.9023213 |
| 2015 | 1.9556609 |
| 2014 | 1.9739044 |
| 2013 | 1.97674 |
| 2012 | 1.9935387 |
| 2011 | 2.0225012 |
| 2010 | 2.039334 |
| 2009 | 2.0648005 |
| 2008 | 2.091469 |
| 2007 | 2.119132 |
| 2006 | 2.1590602 |
| 2005 | 2.2016697 |
| 2004 | 2.2341845 |
| 2003 | 2.2708218 |
| 2002 | 2.3303409 |
| 2001 | 2.3946426 |
| 2000 | 2.4663107 |
| 1999 | 2.5410109 |
| 1998 | 2.6121128 |
| 1997 | 2.6641014 |
| 1996 | 2.7173157 |
| 1995 | 2.7832248 |
| 1994 | 2.8373249 |
| 1993 | 2.8958113 |
| 1992 | 2.9468284 |
| 1991 | 3.0234342 |
| 1990 | 3.0926561 |
| 1989 | 3.1699915 |
| 1988 | 3.246574 |
| 1987 | 3.3306754 |
| 1986 | 3.424579 |
| 1985 | 3.5131063 |
| 1984 | 3.6130602 |
| 1983 | 3.7130418 |
| 1982 | 3.8092444 |
| 1981 | 3.8961549 |
| 1980 | 3.9782782 |
| 1979 | 4.0565605 |
| 1978 | 4.131405 |
| 1977 | 4.2087812 |
| 1976 | 4.2773285 |
| 1975 | 4.3430543 |
| 1974 | 4.414227 |
| 1973 | 4.5141716 |
| 1972 | 4.5993786 |
| 1971 | 4.692643 |
| 1970 | 4.7839684 |
| 1969 | 4.879826 |
| 1968 | 4.982724 |
| 1967 | 5.1053905 |
| 1966 | 5.2314167 |
| 1965 | 5.3495483 |
| 1964 | 5.4566703 |
| 1963 | 5.5374312 |
| 1962 | 5.581278 |
| 1961 | 5.607701 |
| 1960 | 5.6298194 |
| 1959 | 5.643314 |
| 1958 | 5.642347 |
| 1957 | 5.6420164 |
| 1956 | 5.6349516 |
| 1955 | 5.6221123 |
| 1954 | 5.611427 |
| 1953 | 5.604913 |
| 1952 | 5.5964165 |
| 1951 | 5.5912037 |
| 1950 | 5.5860415 |