The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.69 children per woman in 2049 — 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 28.7 years old. In total, 7,733,026 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2049

Total fertility rate

1.69

Births

7,733,026

Births per 1,000 people

10.6

Mean age of mothers

28.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

9.3%

Net reproduction rate

0.81

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

729,507,269

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, 2049

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.8	0.2%	15,624
15-19	33.9	10.1%	719,383
20-24	75.0	22.2%	1,624,823
25-29	86.4	25.6%	1,933,293
30-34	75.8	22.5%	1,820,621
35-39	49.4	14.7%	1,223,522
40-44	15.1	4.5%	375,547
45-49	0.8	0.2%	20,102
50-54	0.0	0.0%	69

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2049

Year

Country