Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2050

Latin America and the Caribbean
2050
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.68 children per woman in 2050 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 7,663,282 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
7,663,282
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
730,056,746
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.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.70.2%15,013
15-1933.39.9%703,787
20-2474.422.1%1,603,612
25-2986.525.7%1,914,383
30-3476.222.6%1,803,273
35-3949.714.8%1,227,065
40-4415.24.5%376,073
45-490.80.2%19,993
50-540.00.0%69