The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.66 children per woman in 2081 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.9 years old. In total, 5,968,772 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2081

Total fertility rate

1.66

Births

5,968,772

Births per 1,000 people

8.8

Mean age of mothers

29.9

Births to mothers aged 15–19

4.9%

Net reproduction rate

0.80

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

681,150,892

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, 2081

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.2	0.1%	3,567
15-19	17.9	5.4%	294,804
20-24	57.1	17.2%	972,442
25-29	92.2	27.8%	1,627,475
30-34	92.8	28.0%	1,701,735
35-39	55.7	16.8%	1,061,533
40-44	14.7	4.4%	291,055
45-49	0.8	0.2%	16,104
50-54	0.0	0.0%	38

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2081

Year

Country