Fertility in Mexico, 1960

Mexico
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 6.76 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (315 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 1,720,841 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.76
Births
1,720,841
Births per 1,000 people
46.9
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
36,724,615
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
10-147.50.6%17,259
15-19129.49.6%243,891
20-24310.122.9%462,463
25-29315.523.3%416,443
30-34281.720.8%321,145
35-39203.215.0%186,593
40-4490.06.7%63,791
45-4914.41.1%8,935
50-540.60.0%320