Fertility in Mexico, 2020

Mexico
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Mexico was 1.99 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 2,100,438 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
2,100,438
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
126,799,054
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
10-141.00.3%5,728
15-1962.615.7%347,600
20-24110.127.6%594,339
25-29102.625.7%551,709
30-3473.518.5%372,785
35-3938.19.6%181,168
40-449.92.5%44,016
45-490.80.2%3,094
50-540.00.0%0