Fertility in Mexico, 1975

Mexico
1975
Total fertility rate: 5.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 5.74 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 2,362,842 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.74
Births
2,362,842
Births per 1,000 people
40.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
58,982,400
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
10-145.80.5%22,833
15-19125.911.0%404,991
20-24264.123.0%690,043
25-29265.523.1%551,986
30-34229.420.0%378,820
35-39168.414.7%215,817
40-4475.16.5%85,621
45-4912.51.1%12,357
50-540.50.0%376