Fertility in Mexico, 2000

Mexico
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.71 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (152 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 2,385,977 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
2,385,977
Births per 1,000 people
24.2
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
98,625,552
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
10-141.50.3%8,040
15-1972.313.3%376,041
20-24152.128.0%741,102
25-29139.425.6%619,742
30-34100.718.5%391,364
35-3955.610.2%188,542
40-4419.33.6%54,299
45-493.00.5%6,640
50-540.10.0%209