The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.66 children per woman in 2085 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.0 years old. In total, 5,772,501 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2085

Total fertility rate

1.66

Births

5,772,501

Births per 1,000 people

8.6

Mean age of mothers

30.0

Births to mothers aged 15–19

4.5%

Net reproduction rate

0.80

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

667,998,344

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, 2085

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.2	0.1%	2,906
15-19	16.2	4.9%	258,678
20-24	54.7	16.5%	903,648
25-29	93.1	28.1%	1,589,215
30-34	95.5	28.8%	1,691,029
35-39	56.1	17.0%	1,033,747
40-44	14.5	4.4%	277,202
45-49	0.8	0.2%	15,988
50-54	0.0	0.0%	36

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2085

Year

Country