Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014

Latin America and the Caribbean
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.10 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 10,648,345 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.10
Births
10,648,345
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
614,015,236
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
10-142.90.7%77,177
15-1969.916.6%1,889,646
20-24109.726.1%2,920,693
25-2999.323.6%2,547,516
30-3478.818.8%1,917,279
35-3944.910.7%1,001,949
40-4413.33.2%270,271
45-491.30.3%23,539
50-540.00.0%263