Fertility in Mexico, 2010

Mexico
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.34 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 2,310,124 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
2,310,124
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
113,623,895
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%9,291
15-1976.716.4%424,284
20-24132.028.2%687,917
25-29117.425.0%572,313
30-3483.817.9%380,825
35-3944.39.4%187,550
40-4411.62.5%43,436
45-491.40.3%4,441
50-540.00.0%68