Fertility in Mexico, 1980

Mexico
1980
Total fertility rate: 4.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 4.74 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (235 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 2,357,249 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.74
Births
2,357,249
Births per 1,000 people
35.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
67,300,334
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
10-144.00.4%18,560
15-19110.011.6%424,083
20-24234.924.8%727,698
25-29224.423.7%554,741
30-34179.318.9%351,664
35-39129.713.7%202,452
40-4455.45.9%67,257
45-499.61.0%10,440
50-540.40.0%357