Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean (1950–2100)

Latin America and the Caribbean
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.77
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.77 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (89 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 9,160,246 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.77
Births
9,160,246
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
672,135,561
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.50.4%39,129
15-1948.313.6%1,237,070
20-2489.125.1%2,305,477
25-2987.624.7%2,302,557
30-3470.419.8%1,830,669
35-3943.412.2%1,098,183
40-4413.43.8%325,332
45-491.00.3%21,689
50-540.00.0%109