The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.70 children per woman in 2043 — 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, 8,163,070 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2043

Total fertility rate

1.70

Births

8,163,070

Births per 1,000 people

11.3

Mean age of mothers

28.4

Births to mothers aged 15–19

10.0%

Net reproduction rate

0.82

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

722,733,888

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, 2043

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.9	0.3%	19,725
15-19	37.4	11.0%	819,569
20-24	78.2	23.0%	1,788,089
25-29	85.8	25.3%	2,098,069
30-34	73.7	21.7%	1,840,786
35-39	47.8	14.1%	1,197,938
40-44	14.8	4.4%	377,540
45-49	0.8	0.2%	21,256
50-54	0.0	0.0%	81

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2043

Year

Country