The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.66 children per woman in 2073 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 6,376,659 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2073

Total fertility rate

1.66

Births

6,376,659

Births per 1,000 people

9.1

Mean age of mothers

29.6

Births to mothers aged 15–19

5.9%

Net reproduction rate

0.80

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

703,947,365

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, 2073

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.3	0.1%	5,292
15-19	21.5	6.5%	377,700
20-24	61.6	18.6%	1,124,655
25-29	90.4	27.2%	1,711,311
30-34	87.7	26.4%	1,724,101
35-39	54.5	16.4%	1,104,063
40-44	15.1	4.6%	312,937
45-49	0.8	0.2%	16,518
50-54	0.0	0.0%	45

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2073

Year

Country