Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2001

Latin America and the Caribbean
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.54
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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.54 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 11,471,965 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
11,471,965
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
528,625,860
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%86,915
15-1981.616.0%2,149,814
20-24140.027.5%3,427,598
25-29123.424.2%2,736,997
30-3489.917.7%1,806,611
35-3950.910.0%943,846
40-4417.63.5%284,281
45-492.60.5%34,945
50-540.10.0%918