Fertility Rate

South America Ranking

births per womanSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Bolivia	2.65	2020	1	2.73
2	Paraguay	2.43	2018	2	2.48
3	Guyana	2.42	2020	3	2.44
4	Suriname	2.37	2020	4	2.42
5	Peru	2.25	2018	5	2.28
6	Venezuela	2.23	2020	6	2.25
6	Argentina	2.23	2020	6	2.25
8	Uruguay	1.95	2020	8	1.96
9	Colombia	1.77	2020	9	1.79
10	Brazil	1.71	2020	10	1.73
11	Chile	1.63	2019	11	1.65

Definition of Fertility Rate

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.