The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.70 children per woman in 2041 — 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, 8,310,971 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2041

Total fertility rate

1.70

Births

8,310,971

Births per 1,000 people

11.6

Mean age of mothers

28.3

Births to mothers aged 15–19

10.3%

Net reproduction rate

0.82

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.4

Population

719,105,582

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, 2041

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.0	0.3%	21,298
15-19	38.6	11.3%	857,390
20-24	79.2	23.2%	1,869,467
25-29	85.9	25.2%	2,136,105
30-34	73.2	21.5%	1,832,278
35-39	47.3	13.9%	1,193,840
40-44	14.8	4.3%	379,050
45-49	0.8	0.2%	21,439
50-54	0.0	0.0%	87

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2041

Year

Country