Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004

Latin America and the Caribbean
2004
Total fertility rate: 2.38
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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.38 children per woman in 2004 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 11,132,206 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
11,132,206
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
549,493,920
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
10-143.10.7%85,586
15-1977.016.1%2,052,622
20-24129.827.2%3,292,271
25-29115.624.2%2,677,754
30-3485.417.9%1,793,717
35-3947.710.0%917,580
40-4416.03.4%279,667
45-492.20.5%32,254
50-540.10.0%750