The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.70 children per woman in 2042 — 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 28.4 years old. In total, 8,235,159 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2042

Total fertility rate

1.70

Births

8,235,159

Births per 1,000 people

11.4

Mean age of mothers

28.4

Births to mothers aged 15–19

10.2%

Net reproduction rate

0.82

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

721,007,170

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, 2042

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.0	0.3%	20,484
15-19	37.9	11.2%	837,701
20-24	78.6	23.1%	1,828,732
25-29	85.9	25.2%	2,116,820
30-34	73.4	21.6%	1,836,493
35-39	47.5	14.0%	1,194,863
40-44	14.8	4.4%	378,626
45-49	0.8	0.2%	21,333
50-54	0.0	0.0%	83

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2042

Year

Country