Total fertility rate of Chile 1840-2020
Apart from a brief jump in the 1950s, during the global baby boom that followed the Second World War, Chile's total fertility rate has fallen consistently. The rate of decline was fastest between the 1960s and 1990s, as a series of social and economic reforms would see women’s education increase, as well as major declines in child mortality from a series of welfare and healthcare programs. Fertility fell below replacement level in the early 2000s, and the rate is estimated to be below 1.7 births per woman in 2020.