Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and Mexico

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs Mexico chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Djibouti was 2.61 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 Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	Mexico
1960	6.85	6.76
1961	6.85	6.78
1962	6.85	6.8
1963	6.86	6.82
1964	6.87	6.83
1965	6.86	6.82
1966	6.88	6.79
1967	6.87	6.75
1968	6.88	6.71
1969	6.88	6.63
1970	6.88	6.53
1971	6.88	6.42
1972	6.85	6.28
1973	6.82	6.12
1974	6.78	5.95
1975	6.74	5.74
1976	6.69	5.54
1977	6.64	5.36
1978	6.59	5.2
1979	6.52	4.96
1980	6.46	4.74
1981	6.4	4.57
1982	6.34	4.43
1983	6.3	4.3
1984	6.25	4.18
1985	6.19	4.09
1986	6.14	3.97
1987	6.09	3.8
1988	6.03	3.64
1989	5.97	3.53
1990	5.93	3.44
1991	5.86	3.36
1992	5.75	3.29
1993	5.64	3.21
1994	5.51	3.13
1995	5.33	3.04
1996	5.15	2.96
1997	4.97	2.89
1998	4.8	2.82
1999	4.69	2.76
2000	4.6	2.71
2001	4.52	2.67
2002	4.41	2.63
2003	4.3	2.58
2004	4.16	2.54
2005	4.04	2.5
2006	3.9	2.46
2007	3.76	2.42
2008	3.62	2.39
2009	3.52	2.36
2010	3.43	2.34
2011	3.34	2.32
2012	3.26	2.29
2013	3.19	2.27
2014	3.12	2.21
2015	3.04	2.14
2016	2.97	2.09
2017	2.92	2.04
2018	2.86	2.03
2019	2.8	2.02
2020	2.75	1.99
2021	2.7	1.97
2022	2.65	1.94
2023	2.61	1.91
2024	2.62	1.89
2025	2.58	1.87
2026	2.54	1.85
2027	2.51	1.83
2028	2.48	1.82
2029	2.45	1.81
2030	2.42	1.79
2031	2.39	1.78
2032	2.36	1.77
2033	2.33	1.77
2034	2.31	1.76
2035	2.29	1.76
2036	2.27	1.75
2037	2.25	1.75
2038	2.23	1.74
2039	2.21	1.74
2040	2.19	1.73
2041	2.17	1.73
2042	2.16	1.72
2043	2.14	1.72
2044	2.13	1.72
2045	2.11	1.71
2046	2.1	1.71
2047	2.09	1.71
2048	2.08	1.7
2049	2.06	1.7
2050	2.05	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	Mexico
1960	44.2%	46.8%
1961	44%	47%
1962	43.8%	47.1%
1963	43.7%	47.2%
1964	43.5%	47.3%
1965	43.6%	47.4%
1966	43.8%	47.5%
1967	44%	47.6%
1968	44.3%	47.6%
1969	44.5%	47.7%
1970	44.7%	47.7%
1971	44.9%	47.8%
1972	45%	47.7%
1973	45.2%	47.7%
1974	45.3%	47.6%
1975	45.4%	47.5%
1976	45.5%	47.2%
1977	45.5%	47%
1978	45.6%	46.7%
1979	45.5%	46.3%
1980	45.5%	45.8%
1981	45.4%	45.2%
1982	45.3%	44.4%
1983	45.1%	43.7%
1984	45%	43%
1985	44.8%	42.3%
1986	44.6%	41.6%
1987	44.4%	41%
1988	44.2%	40.3%
1989	44%	39.7%
1990	43.7%	39%
1991	43.5%	38.4%
1992	43.3%	37.8%
1993	43.1%	37.3%
1994	42.8%	36.9%
1995	42.5%	36.5%
1996	42.2%	36%
1997	41.5%	35.6%
1998	40.6%	35.2%
1999	40%	34.8%
2000	39.6%	34.3%
2001	39.1%	33.9%
2002	38.7%	33.4%
2003	38.6%	33%
2004	38.5%	32.5%
2005	38.4%	32.1%
2006	38.1%	31.6%
2007	37.7%	31.1%
2008	37.2%	30.6%
2009	36.8%	30.2%
2010	36.4%	29.8%
2011	35.9%	29.4%
2012	35.5%	29%
2013	35.1%	28.7%
2014	34.6%	28.3%
2015	34%	28%
2016	33.4%	27.6%
2017	32.8%	27.2%
2018	32.2%	26.7%
2019	31.6%	26.3%
2020	31%	26%
2021	30.5%	25.7%
2022	30%	25.3%
2023	29.6%	24.9%
2024	29.2%	24.5%
2025	28.8%	24.1%
2026	28.5%	23.7%
2027	28.1%	23.2%
2028	27.8%	22.8%
2029	27.5%	22.4%
2030	27.3%	22.1%
2031	27%	21.7%
2032	26.8%	21.4%
2033	26.6%	21.2%
2034	26.4%	20.9%
2035	26.2%	20.6%
2036	26.1%	20.3%
2037	25.9%	20.1%
2038	25.7%	19.9%
2039	25.5%	19.6%
2040	25.3%	19.4%
2041	25.1%	19.2%
2042	24.9%	19%
2043	24.7%	18.8%
2044	24.5%	18.6%
2045	24.3%	18.4%
2046	24.1%	18.2%
2047	23.8%	18%
2048	23.6%	17.8%
2049	23.4%	17.7%
2050	23.2%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	Mexico
1960	2,299	1,206,955
1961	2,412	1,265,833
1962	2,538	1,328,319
1963	2,687	1,387,678
1964	2,864	1,447,360
1965	3,054	1,508,344
1966	3,268	1,566,170
1967	3,484	1,620,534
1968	3,712	1,671,918
1969	3,950	1,711,297
1970	4,249	1,753,370
1971	4,484	1,790,990
1972	4,885	1,823,302
1973	5,234	1,845,593
1974	5,601	1,868,809
1975	6,034	1,880,241
1976	6,567	1,891,958
1977	7,195	1,902,964
1978	7,886	1,921,419
1979	8,573	1,908,018
1980	9,187	1,893,158
1981	9,654	1,904,384
1982	10,058	1,921,772
1983	10,391	1,939,193
1984	10,713	1,960,428
1985	11,106	1,983,622
1986	11,671	1,998,043
1987	12,357	1,971,231
1988	13,107	1,936,601
1989	13,851	1,927,752
1990	15,074	1,926,480
1991	16,553	1,942,832
1992	16,971	1,956,659
1993	15,805	1,963,708
1994	15,989	1,959,775
1995	15,651	1,941,458
1996	15,408	1,922,554
1997	15,255	1,898,383
1998	15,845	1,871,650
1999	16,491	1,859,475
2000	17,014	1,845,383
2001	17,710	1,836,418
2002	18,167	1,820,665
2003	18,341	1,788,016
2004	17,756	1,759,250
2005	17,361	1,732,663
2006	16,901	1,706,084
2007	16,647	1,684,915
2008	16,356	1,670,846
2009	16,323	1,661,180
2010	16,225	1,658,682
2011	16,169	1,659,161
2012	16,026	1,656,599
2013	15,986	1,642,609
2014	15,857	1,587,620
2015	15,718	1,508,439
2016	15,621	1,445,256
2017	15,593	1,384,178
2018	15,524	1,366,076
2019	15,368	1,357,485
2020	14,970	1,031,637
2021	14,555	936,682
2022	15,337	1,224,397
2023	15,349	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs Mexico

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in Djibouti, compared to 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	Mexico
1985	821	107
1986	804	100
1987	785	93
1988	768	88
1989	746	85
1990	725	81
1991	731	77
1992	780	73
1993	704	71
1994	682	69
1995	634	66
1996	609	64
1997	582	62
1998	555	60
1999	524	58
2000	501	56
2001	441	55
2002	404	55
2003	391	54
2004	364	53
2005	315	52
2006	298	51
2007	285	50
2008	273	51
2009	263	51
2010	243	50
2011	229	47
2012	221	46
2013	219	45
2014	212	44
2015	210	43
2016	204	43
2017	201	44
2018	199	44
2019	194	43
2020	192	61
2021	221	104
2022	174	45
2023	162	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	Mexico
1960	-	15.5%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.7%
1964	-	13.2%
1965	-	12.7%
1966	-	12.3%
1967	-	11.9%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11.1%
1970	-	10.7%
1971	-	10.3%
1972	-	9.93%
1973	-	9.56%
1974	-	9.21%
1975	-	8.86%
1976	17.1%	8.52%
1977	16.6%	8.18%
1978	16.2%	7.85%
1979	15.7%	7.51%
1980	15.3%	7.18%
1981	14.8%	6.86%
1982	14.4%	6.55%
1983	14%	6.26%
1984	13.6%	5.98%
1985	13.2%	5.71%
1986	12.8%	5.46%
1987	12.5%	5.21%
1988	12.2%	4.98%
1989	11.9%	4.75%
1990	11.6%	4.53%
1991	11.4%	4.32%
1992	11.2%	4.12%
1993	11.1%	3.92%
1994	10.9%	3.74%
1995	10.8%	3.57%
1996	10.7%	3.4%
1997	10.5%	3.24%
1998	10.3%	3.09%
1999	10.2%	2.94%
2000	9.95%	2.81%
2001	9.72%	2.68%
2002	9.48%	2.57%
2003	9.24%	2.46%
2004	9%	2.36%
2005	8.77%	2.27%
2006	8.53%	2.19%
2007	8.28%	2.11%
2008	8.03%	2.04%
2009	7.81%	1.98%
2010	7.59%	1.91%
2011	7.36%	1.85%
2012	7.14%	1.79%
2013	6.93%	1.73%
2014	6.72%	1.68%
2015	6.51%	1.62%
2016	6.33%	1.57%
2017	6.13%	1.52%
2018	5.94%	1.47%
2019	5.75%	1.42%
2020	5.56%	1.38%
2021	5.38%	1.33%
2022	5.22%	1.29%
2023	5.04%	1.25%