Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007

Latin America and the Caribbean
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.26
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.26 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 10,894,513 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
10,894,513
Births per 1,000 people
19.1
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
569,468,002
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%87,259
15-1975.016.6%2,021,978
20-24121.426.8%3,143,070
25-29109.524.2%2,646,530
30-3481.318.0%1,787,673
35-3945.710.1%913,501
40-4414.33.2%264,381
45-491.80.4%29,489
50-540.00.0%611