The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.66 children per woman in 2074 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 6,326,533 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2074

Total fertility rate

1.66

Births

6,326,533

Births per 1,000 people

9.0

Mean age of mothers

29.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

5.8%

Net reproduction rate

0.80

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

701,403,932

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, 2074

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.3	0.1%	5,040
15-19	21.0	6.3%	366,405
20-24	61.1	18.4%	1,104,585
25-29	90.6	27.3%	1,700,428
30-34	88.4	26.6%	1,722,034
35-39	54.7	16.5%	1,100,847
40-44	15.1	4.5%	310,676
45-49	0.8	0.2%	16,454
50-54	0.0	0.0%	44

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2074

Year

Country