# Fertility rate: Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)

1.807 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.

Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/fertility) · [All countries and regions](/fertility).

## Every year

| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2023 | 1.807 |
| 2022 | 1.824 |
| 2021 | 1.845 |
| 2020 | 1.869 |
| 2019 | 1.928 |
| 2018 | 1.973 |
| 2017 | 1.991 |
| 2016 | 2.015 |
| 2015 | 2.066 |
| 2014 | 2.096 |
| 2013 | 2.113 |
| 2012 | 2.135 |
| 2011 | 2.164 |
| 2010 | 2.181 |
| 2009 | 2.208 |
| 2008 | 2.232 |
| 2007 | 2.259 |
| 2006 | 2.297 |
| 2005 | 2.342 |
| 2004 | 2.381 |
| 2003 | 2.423 |
| 2002 | 2.482 |
| 2001 | 2.543 |
| 2000 | 2.609 |
| 1999 | 2.674 |
| 1998 | 2.739 |
| 1997 | 2.794 |
| 1996 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 2.917 |
| 1994 | 2.977 |
| 1993 | 3.038 |
| 1992 | 3.095 |
| 1991 | 3.169 |
| 1990 | 3.242 |
| 1989 | 3.317 |
| 1988 | 3.394 |
| 1987 | 3.483 |
| 1986 | 3.582 |
| 1985 | 3.67 |
| 1984 | 3.765 |
| 1983 | 3.864 |
| 1982 | 3.96 |
| 1981 | 4.05 |
| 1980 | 4.145 |
| 1979 | 4.249 |
| 1978 | 4.353 |
| 1977 | 4.452 |
| 1976 | 4.547 |
| 1975 | 4.644 |
| 1974 | 4.75 |
| 1973 | 4.867 |
| 1972 | 4.97 |
| 1971 | 5.074 |
| 1970 | 5.17 |
| 1969 | 5.267 |
| 1968 | 5.364 |
| 1967 | 5.472 |
| 1966 | 5.58 |
| 1965 | 5.681 |
| 1964 | 5.763 |
| 1963 | 5.821 |
| 1962 | 5.846 |
| 1961 | 5.856 |
| 1960 | 5.866 |
| 1959 | 5.866 |
| 1958 | 5.858 |
| 1957 | 5.853 |
| 1956 | 5.843 |
| 1955 | 5.828 |
| 1954 | 5.818 |
| 1953 | 5.807 |
| 1952 | 5.799 |
| 1951 | 5.795 |
| 1950 | 5.792 |

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