Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2013

Latin America and the Caribbean
2013
Total fertility rate: 2.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.11 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 10,678,003 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.11
Births
10,678,003
Births per 1,000 people
17.6
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
607,837,500
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
10-143.00.7%80,355
15-1971.716.9%1,940,743
20-24110.826.2%2,944,704
25-2999.923.6%2,549,412
30-3478.918.6%1,896,714
35-3944.410.5%975,469
40-4413.33.1%266,050
45-491.30.3%24,249
50-540.00.0%299