The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.72 children per woman in 2036 — 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 28.1 years old. In total, 8,634,308 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2036

Total fertility rate

1.72

Births

8,634,308

Births per 1,000 people

12.2

Mean age of mothers

28.1

Births to mothers aged 15–19

11.4%

Net reproduction rate

0.82

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

707,097,628

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, 2036

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.2	0.3%	25,790
15-19	41.4	12.0%	982,758
20-24	81.9	23.9%	2,052,207
25-29	86.1	25.1%	2,172,633
30-34	71.7	20.9%	1,823,123
35-39	46.0	13.4%	1,188,157
40-44	14.4	4.2%	367,837
45-49	0.9	0.3%	21,684
50-54	0.0	0.0%	92

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2036

Year

Country