The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.71 children per woman in 2039 — 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 28.3 years old. In total, 8,451,780 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2039

Total fertility rate

1.71

Births

8,451,780

Births per 1,000 people

11.8

Mean age of mothers

28.3

Births to mothers aged 15–19

10.7%

Net reproduction rate

0.82

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

714,786,713

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, 2039

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.1	0.3%	23,018
15-19	39.8	11.6%	902,205
20-24	80.1	23.4%	1,951,908
25-29	86.1	25.2%	2,158,641
30-34	72.6	21.2%	1,825,364
35-39	46.7	13.7%	1,192,634
40-44	14.7	4.3%	376,370
45-49	0.9	0.3%	21,540
50-54	0.0	0.0%	90

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2039

Year

Country