Brazil
19502100
2025
Fertility rate
1.60 children/woman
Birth rate
11.9 per 1,000 people
Total births
2.5M
Mean age at birth
28.0 years
Average number of children per woman over her lifetime
1.60 children per woman
Below replacement level (2.1)
Total births and teen pregnancy trends
TFR, net reproduction rate, and crude birth rate
Average age of mothers at childbirth
Boys per 100 girls at birth
Brazil's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.1 children per woman in 1950 to 1.60 today—now below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 11% of births to mothers aged 15-19.