The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.68 children per woman in 2053 — 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 28.8 years old. In total, 7,461,236 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2053

Total fertility rate

1.68

Births

7,461,236

Births per 1,000 people

10.2

Mean age of mothers

28.8

Births to mothers aged 15–19

8.8%

Net reproduction rate

0.81

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

730,775,264

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, 2053

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.7	0.2%	13,257
15-19	31.7	9.4%	657,520
20-24	72.9	21.7%	1,545,263
25-29	86.9	25.8%	1,880,808
30-34	77.4	23.0%	1,746,790
35-39	50.6	15.0%	1,220,334
40-44	15.3	4.6%	377,486
45-49	0.8	0.2%	19,692
50-54	0.0	0.0%	65

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2053

Year

Country