The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.69 children per woman in 2048 — 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 28.6 years old. In total, 7,803,302 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2048

Total fertility rate

1.69

Births

7,803,302

Births per 1,000 people

10.7

Mean age of mothers

28.6

Births to mothers aged 15–19

9.4%

Net reproduction rate

0.81

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

728,798,615

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, 2048

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.8	0.2%	16,254
15-19	34.5	10.2%	735,071
20-24	75.5	22.4%	1,646,620
25-29	86.3	25.6%	1,959,560
30-34	75.4	22.3%	1,830,766
35-39	49.2	14.6%	1,219,520
40-44	15.1	4.5%	375,135
45-49	0.8	0.2%	20,305
50-54	0.0	0.0%	70

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2048

Year

Country