Fertility in Mexico, 2016

Mexico
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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

Year

-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.09 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 2,162,620 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
2,162,620
Births per 1,000 people
17.7
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
122,251,350
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
10-141.30.3%7,148
15-1966.115.8%363,080
20-24118.628.4%648,205
25-29105.425.3%550,026
30-3476.018.2%370,702
35-3938.89.3%176,484
40-4410.22.4%43,324
45-491.00.2%3,624
50-540.00.0%27