The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.72 children per woman in 2034 — 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, 8,745,368 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2034

Total fertility rate

1.72

Births

8,745,368

Births per 1,000 people

12.5

Mean age of mothers

28.0

Births to mothers aged 15–19

11.9%

Net reproduction rate

0.83

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

701,205,836

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, 2034

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.2	0.4%	28,123
15-19	42.4	12.3%	1,038,253
20-24	83.3	24.1%	2,104,269
25-29	86.3	25.0%	2,185,789
30-34	71.2	20.6%	1,831,270
35-39	45.4	13.2%	1,175,272
40-44	14.2	4.1%	360,592
45-49	0.9	0.3%	21,687
50-54	0.0	0.0%	93

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2034

Year

Country