The significant reduction in the average number of children per age group was verified in the 25 to 29-year-old age group, with less than one child per woman. Thus, it went from 1.45 in 1985 to 0.70 from 1985 to date.

There was also a notable decrease in the 30-34 age group, whose average number of children fell from 2.12 in 1985 to 1.20 last year.

The census showed “how social and demographic changes have influenced childbearing decisions, marking a new population structure for Uruguay,” according to the INE report.

According to the census, the national population totaled 3,499,451 inhabitants, four percent of whom are migrants.

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