Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2030

Latin America and the Caribbean
2030
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.74 children per woman in 2030 — 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, 8,944,564 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
8,944,564
Births per 1,000 people
13.0
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
687,743,397
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%33,353
15-1945.012.9%1,142,522
20-2485.924.7%2,189,915
25-2986.724.9%2,235,092
30-3470.520.2%1,838,543
35-3944.312.7%1,139,138
40-4413.84.0%344,194
45-490.90.3%21,698
50-540.00.0%98