Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mexico, 1968

Mexico
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.71
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 6.71 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (324 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 2,174,336 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.71
Births
2,174,336
Births per 1,000 people
45.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
47,668,303
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
10-147.00.5%21,452
15-19125.39.3%317,870
20-24298.222.2%608,773
25-29324.524.2%524,251
30-34279.320.8%366,022
35-39201.715.0%236,333
40-4490.06.7%88,249
45-4914.51.1%11,050
50-540.60.0%339