Chile is at the bottom of the region in the birth rate ranking, with 1.5 children. In 2023, Chile recorded the lowest number of births in a decade, with 173,920 births.
Víctor Manuel Ibarra, 80, had nine siblings and only the eldest, Cecilia, has been a mother. He has two wives, of which one, 30, rules out motherhood. “I don't know who is going to take care of me when I am old,” he says.