Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2020

Latin America and the Caribbean
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 1.87 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 9,660,792 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
9,660,792
Births per 1,000 people
14.9
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
646,729,384
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
10-142.00.5%51,969
15-1954.714.6%1,438,962
20-2495.625.5%2,544,023
25-2991.724.5%2,405,270
30-3472.619.4%1,846,423
35-3943.611.7%1,059,065
40-4413.13.5%292,948
45-491.10.3%21,928
50-540.00.0%173