The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.69 children per woman in 2046 — 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 28.5 years old. In total, 7,946,788 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2046

Total fertility rate

1.69

Births

7,946,788

Births per 1,000 people

10.9

Mean age of mothers

28.5

Births to mothers aged 15–19

9.7%

Net reproduction rate

0.81

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

726,872,065

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, 2046

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.8	0.2%	17,573
15-19	35.6	10.5%	767,503
20-24	76.6	22.6%	1,693,108
25-29	86.0	25.4%	2,017,199
30-34	74.7	22.1%	1,844,127
35-39	48.7	14.4%	1,210,881
40-44	15.0	4.4%	375,487
45-49	0.8	0.2%	20,814
50-54	0.0	0.0%	74

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2046

Year

Country