Fertility in Mexico, 1959

Mexico
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 6.76 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (314 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 1,674,239 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.76
Births
1,674,239
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
35,627,266
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
10-147.70.6%16,967
15-19127.99.5%230,726
20-24310.223.0%450,582
25-29314.223.3%409,955
30-34282.420.9%314,040
35-39203.915.1%179,929
40-4489.96.6%62,718
45-4914.51.1%9,002
50-540.60.0%319