Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000

Latin America and the Caribbean
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
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 2.61 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 11,603,539 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
11,603,539
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
521,323,344
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
10-143.20.6%86,189
15-1983.015.9%2,172,067
20-24143.727.5%3,469,553
25-29126.824.3%2,769,455
30-3491.817.6%1,821,369
35-3952.610.1%957,573
40-4418.63.6%290,776
45-492.70.5%35,629
50-540.10.0%941