The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.74 children per woman in 2031 — 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 27.9 years old. In total, 8,896,711 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2031

Total fertility rate

1.74

Births

8,896,711

Births per 1,000 people

12.9

Mean age of mothers

27.9

Births to mothers aged 15–19

12.6%

Net reproduction rate

0.83

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

691,312,953

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, 2031

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.3	0.4%	32,032
15-19	44.4	12.8%	1,118,605
20-24	85.2	24.5%	2,167,476
25-29	86.5	24.9%	2,219,094
30-34	70.7	20.3%	1,840,070
35-39	44.6	12.8%	1,148,757
40-44	13.9	4.0%	348,850
45-49	0.9	0.3%	21,694
50-54	0.0	0.0%	97

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2031

Year

Country