Fertility in Mexico, 2018

Mexico
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.03 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 2,122,316 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
2,122,316
Births per 1,000 people
17.0
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
124,573,711
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
10-141.10.3%6,350
15-1963.415.6%351,401
20-24112.227.6%607,910
25-29104.625.8%556,905
30-3474.918.4%371,458
35-3938.99.6%180,898
40-4410.12.5%43,970
45-490.90.2%3,419
50-540.00.0%6