Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Mexico

Total fertility rate in Mexico in 2024 — 1.89 births. Ranked 111 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 72%.

2024 1.89 births −0.94% vs 2023
World rank 111of 217
Period maximum 6.83 births1964
Period minimum 1.89 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Mexico, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.76 births1962: 6.8 births1964: 6.83 births1966: 6.79 births1968: 6.71 births1970: 6.53 births1972: 6.28 births1974: 5.95 births1976: 5.54 births1978: 5.2 births1980: 4.74 births1982: 4.43 births1984: 4.18 births1986: 3.97 births1988: 3.64 births1990: 3.44 births1992: 3.29 births1994: 3.13 births1996: 2.96 births1998: 2.82 births2000: 2.71 births2002: 2.63 births2004: 2.54 births2006: 2.46 births2008: 2.39 births2010: 2.34 births2012: 2.29 births2014: 2.21 births2016: 2.09 births2018: 2.03 births2020: 1.99 births2022: 1.94 births2024: 1.89 births
Change over the period: −4.87 (−72.02%) Average annual rate: -1.97 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mexico

Mexico 1.89 births
World 2.19 births
Central America computed 1.96 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.89 −0.02 −0.94%
2023 1.91 −0.03 −1.55%
2022 1.94 −0.03 −1.52%
2021 1.97 −0.02 −1.01%
2020 1.99 −0.03 −1.49%
2019 2.02 −0.01 −0.49%
2018 2.03 −0.01 −0.54%
2017 2.04 −0.04 −2.16%
2016 2.09 −0.05 −2.39%
2015 2.14 −0.07 −3.35%
2014 2.21 −0.06 −2.56%
2013 2.27 −0.02 −1.09%
2012 2.29 −0.02 −0.99%
2011 2.32 −0.02 −0.98%
2010 2.34 −0.02 −1.02%
2009 2.36 −0.03 −1.13%
2008 2.39 −0.03 −1.24%
2007 2.42 −0.04 −1.43%
2006 2.46 −0.04 −1.56%
2005 2.5 −0.04 −1.62%
2004 2.54 −0.04 −1.67%
2003 2.58 −0.05 −2.05%
2002 2.63 −0.04 −1.42%
2001 2.67 −0.04 −1.58%
2000 2.71 −0.05 −1.77%
1999 2.76 −0.05 −1.85%
1998 2.82 −0.07 −2.46%
1997 2.89 −0.08 −2.63%
1996 2.96 −0.08 −2.63%
1995 3.04 −0.09 −2.81%
1994 3.13 −0.08 −2.46%
1993 3.21 −0.07 −2.25%
1992 3.29 −0.08 −2.32%
1991 3.36 −0.08 −2.35%
1990 3.44 −0.09 −2.49%
1989 3.53 −0.11 −2.97%
1988 3.64 −0.16 −4.29%
1987 3.8 −0.17 −4.23%
1986 3.97 −0.12 −2.84%
1985 4.09 −0.1 −2.32%
1984 4.18 −0.11 −2.61%
1983 4.3 −0.13 −2.92%
1982 4.43 −0.15 −3.26%
1981 4.57 −0.17 −3.48%
1980 4.74 −0.23 −4.53%
1979 4.96 −0.24 −4.58%
1978 5.2 −0.16 −2.97%
1977 5.36 −0.18 −3.28%
1976 5.54 −0.2 −3.42%
1975 5.74 −0.21 −3.5%
1974 5.95 −0.17 −2.84%
1973 6.12 −0.16 −2.55%
1972 6.28 −0.14 −2.15%
1971 6.42 −0.11 −1.68%
1970 6.53 −0.1 −1.46%
1969 6.63 −0.08 −1.21%
1968 6.71 −0.05 −0.68%
1967 6.75 −0.04 −0.54%
1966 6.79 −0.03 −0.43%
1965 6.82 −0.01 −0.2%
1964 6.83 +0.02 +0.23%
1963 6.82 +0.02 +0.25%
1962 6.8 +0.02 +0.34%
1961 6.78 +0.01 +0.21%
1960 6.76

Central America, 2024

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About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.