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Fertility in Chile sits at 1.12 children per woman in 2026, below the replacement level of 2.1. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.05 children per woman. About 169 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 8.5 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.54, far below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 31.7 years, up from 27.3 in 1980. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.41 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.12 children/woman
Birth rate
8.5 per 1,000 people
Total births
169.1K
Mean age at birth
31.7 years
Chile's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 4.8 children per woman in 1950 to 1.12 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Women are also having children later: mean age at childbearing has risen from 27.3 to 31.7 since 1980.