Fertility in Mexico, 2019

Mexico
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 2.02 children per woman in 2019 — 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, 2,122,565 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
2,122,565
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
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
125,762,982
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%6,040
15-1963.415.7%352,012
20-24111.727.6%603,387
25-29104.125.7%558,249
30-3474.618.4%373,485
35-3938.79.6%181,879
40-4410.12.5%44,245
45-490.80.2%3,270
50-540.00.0%0