Fertility in Mexico (1950–2100)

Mexico
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico is projected at 1.85 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.8 years old. In total, 1,989,217 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
1,989,217
Births per 1,000 people
15.0
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
132,997,658
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.80.2%4,285
15-1957.615.5%316,705
20-24101.927.5%559,589
25-2995.925.9%514,051
30-3469.018.6%366,799
35-3935.89.6%181,809
40-449.22.5%43,553
45-490.50.1%2,424
50-540.00.0%0