Uruguay | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

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. Development relevance: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Total fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source
Uruguay | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
1960 2.827
1961 2.846
1962 2.866
1963 2.884
1964 2.863
1965 2.84
1966 2.819
1967 2.784
1968 2.771
1969 2.753
1970 2.698
1971 2.77
1972 2.816
1973 2.856
1974 2.959
1975 3.018
1976 3.008
1977 2.896
1978 2.826
1979 2.712
1980 2.587
1981 2.562
1982 2.53
1983 2.492
1984 2.476
1985 2.48
1986 2.472
1987 2.416
1988 2.506
1989 2.516
1990 2.433
1991 2.446
1992 2.423
1993 2.397
1994 2.415
1995 2.401
1996 2.364
1997 2.328
1998 2.262
1999 2.22
2000 2.168
2001 2.132
2002 2.142
2003 2.101
2004 2.09
2005 2.097
2006 2.07
2007 2.048
2008 2.03
2009 2.018
2010 2.011
2011 2.008
2012 2.006
2013 2.01
2014 1.998
2015 2.023
2016 1.945
2017 1.796
2018 1.658
2019 1.546
2020 1.477
2021 1.493
2022

Uruguay | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

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. Development relevance: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Total fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source