Fertility in Mexico, 2001

Mexico
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.67 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 2,380,261 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
2,380,261
Births per 1,000 people
23.8
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
100,099,099
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%8,028
15-1972.613.6%378,799
20-24149.828.0%733,347
25-29137.325.7%618,037
30-3499.518.6%395,815
35-3953.610.0%186,678
40-4418.13.4%52,755
45-492.80.5%6,594
50-540.10.0%209