Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mexico, 2006

Mexico
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.46 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 2,303,997 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.46
Births
2,303,997
Births per 1,000 people
21.5
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
107,253,666
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%8,813
15-1972.014.7%385,415
20-24137.828.0%690,614
25-29125.725.6%586,303
30-3492.218.8%400,737
35-3946.59.5%180,479
40-4413.62.8%45,899
45-492.00.4%5,575
50-540.10.0%159