Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mexico, 1976

Mexico
1976
Total fertility rate: 5.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Mexico was 5.54 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (258 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 2,368,587 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.54
Births
2,368,587
Births per 1,000 people
39.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
60,645,512
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
10-145.40.5%21,858
15-19125.011.3%416,433
20-24258.423.3%698,485
25-29255.123.0%550,016
30-34218.819.7%373,494
35-39161.314.6%213,429
40-4471.56.5%82,326
45-4912.01.1%12,175
50-540.50.0%370