Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2019

Latin America and the Caribbean
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 1.93 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 9,957,406 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
9,957,406
Births per 1,000 people
15.5
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
642,195,536
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
10-142.20.6%55,777
15-1957.614.9%1,526,209
20-2498.725.5%2,632,335
25-2993.924.3%2,461,296
30-3474.719.3%1,888,001
35-3944.911.6%1,078,939
40-4413.33.4%292,483
45-491.10.3%22,180
50-540.00.0%177