Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2029

Latin America and the Caribbean
2029
Total fertility rate: 1.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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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-5 -1   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.75 children per woman in 2029 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 8,994,694 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.75
Births
8,994,694
Births per 1,000 people
13.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
684,041,745
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
10-141.40.4%34,841
15-1945.813.1%1,165,500
20-2486.724.8%2,215,267
25-2986.824.8%2,252,564
30-3470.420.1%1,836,395
35-3944.012.6%1,128,966
40-4413.73.9%339,331
45-490.90.3%21,716
50-540.00.0%101