Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023

Latin America and the Caribbean
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 1.81 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (92 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 9,354,810 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
9,354,810
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
658,891,517
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
10-141.70.5%43,880
15-1951.214.1%1,323,137
20-2491.825.4%2,417,420
25-2989.224.6%2,346,188
30-3470.919.6%1,826,910
35-3942.911.9%1,065,061
40-4413.33.7%310,332
45-491.00.3%21,747
50-540.00.0%122