Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003

Latin America and the Caribbean
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.42
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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.42 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 11,202,884 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.42
Births
11,202,884
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
542,687,949
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
10-143.20.7%86,293
15-1977.816.0%2,066,945
20-24132.827.4%3,333,482
25-29117.624.2%2,685,990
30-3486.617.8%1,792,203
35-3948.510.0%923,500
40-4416.53.4%280,587
45-492.30.5%33,043
50-540.10.0%807