Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2055

Latin America and the Caribbean
2055
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.68 children per woman in 2055 — 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, 7,332,413 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
7,332,413
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
730,474,642
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
10-140.60.2%12,168
15-1930.69.1%626,872
20-2471.821.4%1,507,705
25-2987.226.0%1,864,684
30-3478.323.3%1,722,259
35-3951.115.2%1,201,048
40-4415.44.6%378,003
45-490.80.2%19,592
50-540.00.0%61