Fertility in Mexico, 1961

Mexico
1961
Total fertility rate: 6.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 6.78 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (318 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 1,771,461 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.78
Births
1,771,461
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
37,890,118
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
10-147.40.5%17,676
15-19129.49.5%252,598
20-24309.222.8%476,354
25-29318.323.5%425,317
30-34282.220.8%329,917
35-39203.215.0%194,102
40-4490.56.7%66,194
45-4914.31.1%8,980
50-540.60.0%324