The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean is projected at 1.65 children per woman in 2099 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.5 years old. In total, 5,168,999 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2099

Total fertility rate

1.65

Births

5,168,999

Births per 1,000 people

8.4

Mean age of mothers

30.5

Births to mothers aged 15–19

3.1%

Net reproduction rate

0.80

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.3

Population

617,164,206

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, 2099

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.1	0.0%	1,485
15-19	11.3	3.4%	162,766
20-24	47.5	14.4%	706,425
25-29	94.5	28.7%	1,453,723
30-34	102.6	31.1%	1,628,361
35-39	58.4	17.7%	956,226
40-44	14.4	4.4%	244,497
45-49	0.9	0.3%	15,459
50-54	0.0	0.0%	29

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2099

Year

Country