Fertility in Mexico, 2015

Mexico
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.14 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 2,206,765 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.14
Births
2,206,765
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
121,072,306
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
10-141.40.3%7,760
15-1969.316.2%379,883
20-24122.528.6%671,329
25-29107.325.1%553,493
30-3476.817.9%370,659
35-3939.19.1%176,217
40-4410.42.4%43,676
45-491.00.2%3,719
50-540.00.0%32