Fertility in Mexico, 2023

Mexico
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 1.91 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 2,037,689 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.91
Births
2,037,689
Births per 1,000 people
15.7
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
129,739,759
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
10-140.90.2%4,832
15-1960.115.7%330,618
20-24105.627.6%578,693
25-2998.325.7%525,582
30-3470.918.5%372,319
35-3936.79.6%179,415
40-449.52.5%43,522
45-490.60.2%2,708
50-540.00.0%0