Here’s a fun fact that will probably surprise: The average Brazilian, Colombian and Mexican woman will have 1.8, 1.9 and 2.2 children, respectively, over the course of her life.
That’s no higher than the average American woman, who has 1.8 children over the course of her life, and — in the case of Brazil and Colombia — actually below the replacement rate.
The stereotype of the large, Catholic, Latino family simply no longer holds true, in my view. The most fertile country in the region is Guatemala and even there, the number is only 3.2 children per woman.