Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Mexico

Fertility rate in Australia vs Mexico chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.91 in Mexico in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Mexico population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Mexico
1960	3.45	6.76
1961	3.54	6.78
1962	3.44	6.8
1963	3.33	6.82
1964	3.15	6.83
1965	2.98	6.82
1966	2.88	6.79
1967	2.85	6.75
1968	2.89	6.71
1969	2.89	6.63
1970	2.86	6.53
1971	2.96	6.42
1972	2.74	6.28
1973	2.49	6.12
1974	2.4	5.95
1975	2.15	5.74
1976	2.06	5.54
1977	2.01	5.36
1978	1.95	5.2
1979	1.91	4.96
1980	1.89	4.74
1981	1.94	4.57
1982	1.93	4.43
1983	1.92	4.3
1984	1.84	4.18
1985	1.92	4.09
1986	1.87	3.97
1987	1.85	3.8
1988	1.83	3.64
1989	1.84	3.53
1990	1.9	3.44
1991	1.85	3.36
1992	1.89	3.29
1993	1.86	3.21
1994	1.84	3.13
1995	1.82	3.04
1996	1.8	2.96
1997	1.78	2.89
1998	1.76	2.82
1999	1.76	2.76
2000	1.76	2.71
2001	1.74	2.67
2002	1.76	2.63
2003	1.75	2.58
2004	1.77	2.54
2005	1.81	2.5
2006	1.91	2.46
2007	1.96	2.42
2008	1.98	2.39
2009	1.97	2.36
2010	1.93	2.34
2011	1.93	2.32
2012	1.92	2.29
2013	1.86	2.27
2014	1.83	2.21
2015	1.81	2.14
2016	1.75	2.09
2017	1.74	2.04
2018	1.74	2.03
2019	1.66	2.02
2020	1.58	1.99
2021	1.7	1.97
2022	1.63	1.94
2023	1.5	1.91
2024	1.5	1.89
2025	1.5	1.87
2026	1.5	1.85
2027	1.5	1.83
2028	1.51	1.82
2029	1.5	1.81
2030	1.51	1.79
2031	1.5	1.78
2032	1.5	1.77
2033	1.5	1.77
2034	1.5	1.76
2035	1.5	1.76
2036	1.5	1.75
2037	1.5	1.75
2038	1.5	1.74
2039	1.5	1.74
2040	1.5	1.73
2041	1.5	1.73
2042	1.5	1.72
2043	1.5	1.72
2044	1.5	1.72
2045	1.5	1.71
2046	1.5	1.71
2047	1.5	1.71
2048	1.5	1.7
2049	1.5	1.7
2050	1.5	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Mexico
1960	30.2%	46.8%
1961	30.2%	47%
1962	30.1%	47.1%
1963	29.9%	47.2%
1964	29.8%	47.3%
1965	29.6%	47.4%
1966	29.5%	47.5%
1967	29.3%	47.6%
1968	29.1%	47.6%
1969	28.9%	47.7%
1970	28.8%	47.7%
1971	28.7%	47.8%
1972	28.5%	47.7%
1973	28.2%	47.7%
1974	27.9%	47.6%
1975	27.5%	47.5%
1976	27%	47.2%
1977	26.5%	47%
1978	26.1%	46.7%
1979	25.6%	46.3%
1980	25.3%	45.8%
1981	25%	45.2%
1982	24.7%	44.4%
1983	24.4%	43.7%
1984	24%	43%
1985	23.6%	42.3%
1986	23.1%	41.6%
1987	22.7%	41%
1988	22.4%	40.3%
1989	22.2%	39.7%
1990	22%	39%
1991	21.9%	38.4%
1992	21.8%	37.8%
1993	21.7%	37.3%
1994	21.7%	36.9%
1995	21.5%	36.5%
1996	21.4%	36%
1997	21.2%	35.6%
1998	21.1%	35.2%
1999	20.9%	34.8%
2000	20.8%	34.3%
2001	20.6%	33.9%
2002	20.4%	33.4%
2003	20.2%	33%
2004	20%	32.5%
2005	19.8%	32.1%
2006	19.6%	31.6%
2007	19.4%	31.1%
2008	19.3%	30.6%
2009	19.2%	30.2%
2010	19.1%	29.8%
2011	19%	29.4%
2012	18.9%	29%
2013	18.9%	28.7%
2014	18.9%	28.3%
2015	18.9%	28%
2016	18.9%	27.6%
2017	18.8%	27.2%
2018	18.8%	26.7%
2019	18.7%	26.3%
2020	18.6%	26%
2021	18.4%	25.7%
2022	18.2%	25.3%
2023	18%	24.9%
2024	17.8%	24.5%
2025	17.7%	24.1%
2026	17.5%	23.7%
2027	17.4%	23.2%
2028	17.2%	22.8%
2029	17%	22.4%
2030	16.9%	22.1%
2031	16.7%	21.7%
2032	16.6%	21.4%
2033	16.5%	21.2%
2034	16.4%	20.9%
2035	16.3%	20.6%
2036	16.2%	20.3%
2037	16.1%	20.1%
2038	16%	19.9%
2039	15.9%	19.6%
2040	15.9%	19.4%
2041	15.8%	19.2%
2042	15.8%	19%
2043	15.7%	18.8%
2044	15.7%	18.6%
2045	15.7%	18.4%
2046	15.7%	18.2%
2047	15.7%	18%
2048	15.7%	17.8%
2049	15.7%	17.7%
2050	15.7%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 22% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +1.05% in Mexico. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Australia	Mexico
1960	141,816	1,206,955
1961	150,955	1,265,833
1962	143,943	1,328,319
1963	140,161	1,387,678
1964	128,420	1,447,360
1965	122,990	1,508,344
1966	126,996	1,566,170
1967	126,249	1,620,534
1968	132,099	1,671,918
1969	143,477	1,711,297
1970	145,081	1,753,370
1971	165,593	1,790,990
1972	155,488	1,823,302
1973	136,476	1,845,593
1974	128,996	1,868,809
1975	123,648	1,880,241
1976	115,070	1,891,958
1977	117,793	1,902,964
1978	116,299	1,921,419
1979	116,112	1,908,018
1980	117,536	1,893,158
1981	125,356	1,904,384
1982	126,030	1,921,772
1983	130,844	1,939,193
1984	123,077	1,960,428
1985	143,674	1,983,622
1986	123,342	1,998,043
1987	128,484	1,971,231
1988	127,298	1,936,601
1989	127,789	1,927,752
1990	143,347	1,926,480
1991	138,273	1,942,832
1992	139,829	1,956,659
1993	137,551	1,963,708
1994	131,761	1,959,775
1995	131,436	1,941,458
1996	125,751	1,922,554
1997	121,592	1,898,383
1998	120,949	1,871,650
1999	118,517	1,859,475
2000	119,882	1,845,383
2001	117,575	1,836,418
2002	116,971	1,820,665
2003	118,325	1,788,016
2004	115,610	1,759,250
2005	129,132	1,732,663
2006	132,931	1,706,084
2007	154,124	1,684,915
2008	155,119	1,670,846
2009	160,518	1,661,180
2010	158,628	1,658,682
2011	156,380	1,659,161
2012	161,408	1,656,599
2013	159,584	1,642,609
2014	154,940	1,587,620
2015	150,041	1,508,439
2016	152,403	1,445,256
2017	150,015	1,384,178
2018	157,269	1,366,076
2019	136,808	1,357,485
2020	133,376	1,031,637
2021	138,701	936,682
2022	111,862	1,224,397
2023	103,945	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Mexico

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Mexico
1985	9	107
1986	8	100
1987	9	93
1988	9	88
1989	9	85
1990	9	81
1991	9	77
1992	9	73
1993	9	71
1994	9	69
1995	9	66
1996	8	64
1997	8	62
1998	7	60
1999	7	58
2000	7	56
2001	6	55
2002	6	55
2003	5	54
2004	5	53
2005	5	52
2006	5	51
2007	5	50
2008	5	51
2009	5	51
2010	5	50
2011	6	47
2012	6	46
2013	6	45
2014	6	44
2015	6	43
2016	6	43
2017	6	44
2018	5	44
2019	5	43
2020	5	61
2021	4	104
2022	4	45
2023	2	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 1.25% in Mexico. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Australia	Mexico
1960	2.49%	15.5%
1961	2.43%	14.8%
1962	2.37%	14.3%
1963	2.32%	13.7%
1964	2.27%	13.2%
1965	2.24%	12.7%
1966	2.21%	12.3%
1967	2.2%	11.9%
1968	2.19%	11.5%
1969	2.18%	11.1%
1970	2.15%	10.7%
1971	2.1%	10.3%
1972	2.03%	9.93%
1973	1.94%	9.56%
1974	1.84%	9.21%
1975	1.73%	8.86%
1976	1.62%	8.52%
1977	1.52%	8.18%
1978	1.44%	7.85%
1979	1.36%	7.51%
1980	1.3%	7.18%
1981	1.26%	6.86%
1982	1.22%	6.55%
1983	1.19%	6.26%
1984	1.16%	5.98%
1985	1.13%	5.71%
1986	1.1%	5.46%
1987	1.06%	5.21%
1988	1.02%	4.98%
1989	0.97%	4.75%
1990	0.92%	4.53%
1991	0.87%	4.32%
1992	0.82%	4.12%
1993	0.77%	3.92%
1994	0.73%	3.74%
1995	0.7%	3.57%
1996	0.68%	3.4%
1997	0.66%	3.24%
1998	0.64%	3.09%
1999	0.63%	2.94%
2000	0.62%	2.81%
2001	0.61%	2.68%
2002	0.6%	2.57%
2003	0.59%	2.46%
2004	0.58%	2.36%
2005	0.57%	2.27%
2006	0.56%	2.19%
2007	0.54%	2.11%
2008	0.52%	2.04%
2009	0.5%	1.98%
2010	0.48%	1.91%
2011	0.45%	1.85%
2012	0.43%	1.79%
2013	0.41%	1.73%
2014	0.4%	1.68%
2015	0.39%	1.62%
2016	0.38%	1.57%
2017	0.38%	1.52%
2018	0.38%	1.47%
2019	0.38%	1.42%
2020	0.38%	1.38%
2021	0.37%	1.33%
2022	0.37%	1.29%
2023	0.37%	1.25%