Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mexico, 2014

Mexico
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.21 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 2,270,937 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
2,270,937
Births per 1,000 people
19.0
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
119,784,261
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%8,480
15-1974.416.8%407,877
20-24127.228.7%694,999
25-29109.124.6%555,936
30-3478.517.7%374,666
35-3940.49.1%179,946
40-4411.02.5%45,213
45-491.10.2%3,793
50-540.00.0%26