5. Brazil
Female population: 105,422,707 (50.8%)
Total population: 207,506,679
Brazil is Latin America’s largest country. However, the country’s population growth is hindered by a large portion of Brazilian women entering the workforce and choosing to wait longer before having offspring. Its birthrate has dropped significantly since the 1970’s, when women had an average of over 4 children. Nowadays, the birth rate is 1.77 births per woman.
