The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.76 children per woman in 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 9,098,906 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2027

Total fertility rate

1.76

Births

9,098,906

Births per 1,000 people

13.5

Mean age of mothers

27.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

13.3%

Net reproduction rate

0.84

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.4

Population

676,242,124

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.

Fertility by age of mother, 2027

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.5	0.4%	37,622
15-19	47.4	13.4%	1,211,850
20-24	88.2	25.0%	2,271,147
25-29	87.3	24.7%	2,286,949
30-34	70.3	19.9%	1,831,252
35-39	43.6	12.4%	1,108,347
40-44	13.5	3.8%	329,921
45-49	1.0	0.3%	21,705
50-54	0.0	0.0%	106

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2027

Year

Country