Fertility in Mexico, 2017

Mexico
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.04 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 2,124,252 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
2,124,252
Births per 1,000 people
17.2
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
123,400,057
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
10-141.20.3%6,768
15-1964.515.8%355,498
20-24114.428.0%622,186
25-29104.225.5%549,131
30-3474.818.3%367,708
35-3938.49.4%176,508
40-4410.02.4%42,973
45-490.90.2%3,465
50-540.00.0%16