Fertility in Mexico, 2009

Mexico
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.36 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 2,303,532 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.36
Births
2,303,532
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
111,999,721
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
10-141.70.4%9,445
15-1976.216.1%419,542
20-24133.128.1%683,995
25-29118.725.1%571,404
30-3485.518.1%384,193
35-3944.89.5%186,363
40-4412.02.5%43,780
45-491.50.3%4,727
50-540.00.0%84