The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.66 children per woman in 2075 — 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, 6,278,591 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2075

Total fertility rate

1.66

Births

6,278,591

Births per 1,000 people

9.0

Mean age of mothers

29.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

5.7%

Net reproduction rate

0.80

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

698,771,016

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, 2075

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.3	0.1%	4,799
15-19	20.6	6.2%	355,536
20-24	60.5	18.2%	1,085,391
25-29	90.8	27.4%	1,690,397
30-34	89.0	26.8%	1,720,316
35-39	54.9	16.5%	1,097,319
40-44	15.1	4.5%	308,376
45-49	0.8	0.2%	16,396
50-54	0.0	0.0%	44

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2075

Year

Country