Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mexico, 1966

Mexico
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 6.79 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (328 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 2,064,587 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.79
Births
2,064,587
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
44,629,106
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
10-146.80.5%19,458
15-19126.09.3%297,180
20-24304.622.4%578,816
25-29328.524.2%486,038
30-34281.520.7%360,894
35-39204.115.0%228,703
40-4491.16.7%83,077
45-4914.51.1%10,092
50-540.60.0%327