The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.75 children per woman in 2028 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 9,043,095 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2028

Total fertility rate

1.75

Births

9,043,095

Births per 1,000 people

13.3

Mean age of mothers

27.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

13.1%

Net reproduction rate

0.84

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.4

Population

680,211,414

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, 2028

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.5	0.4%	36,228
15-19	46.6	13.3%	1,188,198
20-24	87.4	24.9%	2,241,144
25-29	87.0	24.8%	2,269,739
30-34	70.3	20.0%	1,833,253
35-39	43.8	12.5%	1,118,276
40-44	13.6	3.9%	334,433
45-49	0.9	0.3%	21,705
50-54	0.0	0.0%	103

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2028

Year

Country