Fertility in Mexico, 1970

Mexico
1970
Total fertility rate: 6.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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   1970  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 6.53 children per woman in 1970 — 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, 2,262,194 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.53
Births
2,262,194
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
50,814,953
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
10-147.20.6%23,633
15-19127.29.7%345,463
20-24288.422.1%634,745
25-29313.524.0%549,777
30-34271.220.8%369,644
35-39195.415.0%235,713
40-4487.56.7%91,072
45-4914.11.1%11,803
50-540.50.0%346