The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.68 children per woman in 2054 — 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 28.9 years old. In total, 7,395,224 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2054

Total fertility rate

1.68

Births

7,395,224

Births per 1,000 people

10.1

Mean age of mothers

28.9

Births to mothers aged 15–19

8.7%

Net reproduction rate

0.81

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

730,698,842

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, 2054

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.6	0.2%	12,703
15-19	31.1	9.3%	642,094
20-24	72.3	21.5%	1,526,296
25-29	87.0	25.9%	1,872,052
30-34	77.9	23.2%	1,730,795
35-39	50.8	15.1%	1,213,765
40-44	15.4	4.6%	377,788
45-49	0.8	0.2%	19,637
50-54	0.0	0.0%	63

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2054

Year

Country