The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.71 children per woman in 2037 — 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 28.2 years old. In total, 8,577,764 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2037

Total fertility rate

1.71

Births

8,577,764

Births per 1,000 people

12.1

Mean age of mothers

28.2

Births to mothers aged 15–19

11.2%

Net reproduction rate

0.82

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

709,812,916

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, 2037

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.1	0.3%	24,809
15-19	40.9	11.9%	956,964
20-24	81.3	23.7%	2,020,614
25-29	86.1	25.1%	2,169,179
30-34	72.0	21.0%	1,821,699
35-39	46.2	13.5%	1,191,838
40-44	14.5	4.2%	370,918
45-49	0.9	0.3%	21,629
50-54	0.0	0.0%	90

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2037

Year

Country