In 2022, 12.1 percent of life births in Brazil were from women and girls below the age of 20. Two decades earlier, this share stood at 21.6 percent. As for women aged 40 or more, 4.2 percent of the births registered in 2022 pertained to this age group.
Distribution of live births in Brazil from 2000 to 2022, by age group of the mother
Characteristic
2000
2010
2020
2021
2022
Younger than 20 years
21.6
18.5
13.4
13.2
12.1
20-29 years
54.5
53.1
48.7
49.1
49.2
30-39 years
22
26.1
34.2
33.8
34.5
40 years or older
2
2.3
3.7
3.9
4.2
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