Fertility in Mexico, 2005

Mexico
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.49 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 2,318,498 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.49
Births
2,318,498
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
105,811,504
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
10-141.60.3%8,686
15-1972.814.6%385,890
20-24139.627.9%695,681
25-29128.425.7%594,216
30-3493.918.8%402,866
35-3947.19.4%178,869
40-4414.02.8%46,301
45-492.10.4%5,816
50-540.10.0%173