The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.65 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.5 years old. In total, 5,206,268 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2098

Total fertility rate

1.65

Births

5,206,268

Births per 1,000 people

8.4

Mean age of mothers

30.5

Births to mothers aged 15–19

3.2%

Net reproduction rate

0.80

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

620,885,816

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, 2098

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.1	0.0%	1,553
15-19	11.6	3.5%	168,045
20-24	47.9	14.5%	718,264
25-29	94.4	28.7%	1,463,495
30-34	102.2	31.0%	1,633,270
35-39	58.2	17.6%	959,942
40-44	14.4	4.4%	246,099
45-49	0.9	0.3%	15,522
50-54	0.0	0.0%	30

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2098

Year

Country