Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005

Latin America and the Caribbean
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.34
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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.34 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 11,069,698 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
11,069,698
Births per 1,000 people
19.9
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
556,212,184
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%85,550
15-1976.416.3%2,045,288
20-24127.027.1%3,248,165
25-29113.824.3%2,675,996
30-3484.117.9%1,793,705
35-3947.010.0%914,081
40-4415.43.3%274,817
45-492.10.4%31,383
50-540.10.0%697