Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Latin America & Caribbean

Total fertility rate in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 1.79 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 69.6%.

2024 1.79 births −0.53% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 5.87 births1960
Period minimum 1.79 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–2024024619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.87 births1962: 5.85 births1964: 5.77 births1966: 5.59 births1968: 5.38 births1970: 5.18 births1972: 4.98 births1974: 4.76 births1976: 4.56 births1978: 4.36 births1980: 4.15 births1982: 3.97 births1984: 3.77 births1986: 3.59 births1988: 3.4 births1990: 3.25 births1992: 3.11 births1994: 2.99 births1996: 2.85 births1998: 2.74 births2000: 2.61 births2002: 2.48 births2004: 2.38 births2006: 2.3 births2008: 2.23 births2010: 2.18 births2012: 2.13 births2014: 2.09 births2016: 2.01 births2018: 1.96 births2020: 1.86 births2022: 1.81 births2024: 1.79 births
Change over the period: −4.08 (−69.58%) Average annual rate: -1.84 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 1.79 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.79 −0.01 −0.53%
2023 1.8 −0.02 −0.94%
2022 1.81 −0.02 −1.18%
2021 1.83 −0.03 −1.35%
2020 1.86 −0.06 −3.11%
2019 1.92 −0.05 −2.32%
2018 1.96 −0.02 −0.92%
2017 1.98 −0.02 −1.23%
2016 2.01 −0.05 −2.56%
2015 2.06 −0.03 −1.49%
2014 2.09 −0.02 −0.82%
2013 2.11 −0.02 −1.01%
2012 2.13 −0.03 −1.41%
2011 2.16 −0.02 −0.87%
2010 2.18 −0.03 −1.26%
2009 2.21 −0.03 −1.12%
2008 2.23 −0.03 −1.14%
2007 2.26 −0.04 −1.65%
2006 2.3 −0.05 −1.92%
2005 2.34 −0.04 −1.63%
2004 2.38 −0.04 −1.74%
2003 2.42 −0.06 −2.41%
2002 2.48 −0.06 −2.4%
2001 2.54 −0.07 −2.56%
2000 2.61 −0.07 −2.49%
1999 2.68 −0.06 −2.36%
1998 2.74 −0.06 −2%
1997 2.8 −0.06 −2.02%
1996 2.85 −0.07 −2.42%
1995 2.93 −0.06 −2.02%
1994 2.99 −0.06 −2.04%
1993 3.05 −0.06 −1.86%
1992 3.11 −0.07 −2.33%
1991 3.18 −0.07 −2.25%
1990 3.25 −0.07 −2.22%
1989 3.33 −0.08 −2.25%
1988 3.4 −0.09 −2.54%
1987 3.49 −0.1 −2.72%
1986 3.59 −0.09 −2.39%
1985 3.68 −0.09 −2.5%
1984 3.77 −0.1 −2.55%
1983 3.87 −0.1 −2.42%
1982 3.97 −0.09 −2.21%
1981 4.05 −0.1 −2.32%
1980 4.15 −0.11 −2.49%
1979 4.26 −0.11 −2.41%
1978 4.36 −0.1 −2.24%
1977 4.46 −0.1 −2.11%
1976 4.56 −0.1 −2.09%
1975 4.66 −0.11 −2.25%
1974 4.76 −0.12 −2.41%
1973 4.88 −0.1 −2.07%
1972 4.98 −0.1 −2.06%
1971 5.09 −0.1 −1.84%
1970 5.18 −0.1 −1.82%
1969 5.28 −0.1 −1.78%
1968 5.38 −0.11 −1.95%
1967 5.48 −0.11 −1.9%
1966 5.59 −0.1 −1.7%
1965 5.69 −0.08 −1.41%
1964 5.77 −0.06 −1.02%
1963 5.83 −0.02 −0.36%
1962 5.85 −0.01 −0.18%
1961 5.86 −0.01 −0.19%
1960 5.87

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.