The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.67 children per woman in 2063 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 6,871,171 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2063

Total fertility rate

1.67

Births

6,871,171

Births per 1,000 people

9.5

Mean age of mothers

29.2

Births to mothers aged 15–19

7.4%

Net reproduction rate

0.81

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

723,606,995

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, 2063

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.5	0.1%	8,507
15-19	26.4	7.9%	505,359
20-24	67.3	20.2%	1,341,055
25-29	88.4	26.5%	1,812,434
30-34	82.1	24.6%	1,718,417
35-39	52.7	15.8%	1,125,812
40-44	15.3	4.6%	340,769
45-49	0.8	0.2%	18,754
50-54	0.0	0.0%	54

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2063

Year

Country