Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1975

Latin America and the Caribbean
1975
Total fertility rate: 4.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 4.64 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (229 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 11,050,709 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.64
Births
11,050,709
Births per 1,000 people
34.3
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
321,910,243
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
10-143.70.4%74,015
15-1997.910.5%1,702,581
20-24225.224.3%3,301,088
25-29228.924.7%2,728,412
30-34181.319.5%1,743,619
35-39125.313.5%1,023,703
40-4455.36.0%406,845
45-4910.41.1%67,849
50-540.50.1%2,585