The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.71 children per woman in 2038 — 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, 8,520,724 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2038

Total fertility rate

1.71

Births

8,520,724

Births per 1,000 people

12.0

Mean age of mothers

28.2

Births to mothers aged 15–19

10.9%

Net reproduction rate

0.82

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.4

Population

712,378,596

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, 2038

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.1	0.3%	23,922
15-19	40.4	11.8%	929,931
20-24	80.8	23.6%	1,988,713
25-29	86.1	25.1%	2,165,560
30-34	72.3	21.1%	1,823,481
35-39	46.5	13.6%	1,193,402
40-44	14.6	4.3%	374,043
45-49	0.9	0.3%	21,576
50-54	0.0	0.0%	90

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2038

Year

Country