The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.73 children per woman in 2033 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (86 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 8,796,654 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2033

Total fertility rate

1.73

Births

8,796,654

Births per 1,000 people

12.6

Mean age of mothers

28.0

Births to mothers aged 15–19

12.1%

Net reproduction rate

0.83

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

698,044,237

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, 2033

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.3	0.4%	29,540
15-19	43.0	12.4%	1,066,087
20-24	83.9	24.3%	2,125,882
25-29	86.3	25.0%	2,193,930
30-34	71.0	20.5%	1,835,972
35-39	45.1	13.1%	1,166,739
40-44	14.1	4.1%	356,702
45-49	0.9	0.3%	21,678
50-54	0.0	0.0%	94

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2033

Year

Country