Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Mexico

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Mexico chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Mexico
1960	2.29	6.76
1961	-	6.78
1962	2.37	6.8
1963	-	6.82
1964	2.34	6.83
1965	2.42	6.82
1966	2.34	6.79
1967	2.24	6.75
1968	2.12	6.71
1969	2.02	6.63
1970	1.97	6.53
1971	1.95	6.42
1972	1.75	6.28
1973	1.58	6.12
1974	1.58	5.95
1975	1.55	5.74
1976	1.48	5.54
1977	1.5	5.36
1978	1.48	5.2
1979	1.48	4.96
1980	1.5	4.74
1981	1.55	4.57
1982	1.49	4.43
1983	1.43	4.3
1984	1.42	4.18
1985	1.38	4.09
1986	1.43	3.97
1987	1.4	3.8
1988	1.51	3.64
1989	1.52	3.53
1990	1.6	3.44
1991	1.6	3.36
1992	1.64	3.29
1993	1.7	3.21
1994	1.72	3.13
1995	1.7	3.04
1996	1.77	2.96
1997	1.71	2.89
1998	1.68	2.82
1999	1.74	2.76
2000	1.76	2.71
2001	1.66	2.67
2002	1.63	2.63
2003	1.62	2.58
2004	1.66	2.54
2005	1.63	2.5
2006	1.65	2.46
2007	1.61	2.42
2008	1.61	2.39
2009	1.59	2.36
2010	1.63	2.34
2011	1.52	2.32
2012	1.57	2.29
2013	1.55	2.27
2014	1.5	2.21
2015	1.47	2.14
2016	1.41	2.09
2017	1.39	2.04
2018	1.38	2.03
2019	1.34	2.02
2020	1.36	1.99
2021	1.38	1.97
2022	1.31	1.94
2023	1.25	1.91
2024	1.25	1.89
2025	1.26	1.87
2026	1.26	1.85
2027	1.27	1.83
2028	1.27	1.82
2029	1.28	1.81
2030	1.28	1.79
2031	1.29	1.78
2032	1.29	1.77
2033	1.29	1.77
2034	1.29	1.76
2035	1.3	1.76
2036	1.3	1.75
2037	1.3	1.75
2038	1.3	1.74
2039	1.3	1.74
2040	1.31	1.73
2041	1.31	1.73
2042	1.31	1.72
2043	1.31	1.72
2044	1.32	1.72
2045	1.32	1.71
2046	1.32	1.71
2047	1.32	1.71
2048	1.32	1.7
2049	1.33	1.7
2050	1.33	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Mexico
1960	21.2%	46.8%
1961	21.5%	47%
1962	21.7%	47.1%
1963	21.9%	47.2%
1964	22.1%	47.3%
1965	22.3%	47.4%
1966	22.5%	47.5%
1967	22.6%	47.6%
1968	22.5%	47.6%
1969	22.4%	47.7%
1970	22.2%	47.7%
1971	22%	47.8%
1972	21.6%	47.7%
1973	21.2%	47.7%
1974	20.9%	47.6%
1975	20.5%	47.5%
1976	20.2%	47.2%
1977	19.9%	47%
1978	19.5%	46.7%
1979	19.2%	46.3%
1980	18.8%	45.8%
1981	18.4%	45.2%
1982	18.1%	44.4%
1983	17.8%	43.7%
1984	17.5%	43%
1985	17.2%	42.3%
1986	17%	41.6%
1987	16.9%	41%
1988	17%	40.3%
1989	17.2%	39.7%
1990	17.4%	39%
1991	17.6%	38.4%
1992	17.8%	37.8%
1993	18%	37.3%
1994	18.3%	36.9%
1995	18.4%	36.5%
1996	18.6%	36%
1997	18.7%	35.6%
1998	18.8%	35.2%
1999	18.9%	34.8%
2000	18.9%	34.3%
2001	18.9%	33.9%
2002	18.9%	33.4%
2003	18.8%	33%
2004	18.7%	32.5%
2005	18.5%	32.1%
2006	18.4%	31.6%
2007	18.2%	31.1%
2008	18%	30.6%
2009	17.8%	30.2%
2010	17.7%	29.8%
2011	17.4%	29.4%
2012	17.1%	29%
2013	16.9%	28.7%
2014	16.7%	28.3%
2015	16.6%	28%
2016	16.4%	27.6%
2017	16.2%	27.2%
2018	16.1%	26.7%
2019	16%	26.3%
2020	16%	26%
2021	15.9%	25.7%
2022	15.9%	25.3%
2023	15.8%	24.9%
2024	15.8%	24.5%
2025	15.7%	24.1%
2026	15.7%	23.7%
2027	15.7%	23.2%
2028	15.6%	22.8%
2029	15.5%	22.4%
2030	15.4%	22.1%
2031	15.3%	21.7%
2032	15.2%	21.4%
2033	15.1%	21.2%
2034	15%	20.9%
2035	14.9%	20.6%
2036	14.7%	20.3%
2037	14.6%	20.1%
2038	14.5%	19.9%
2039	14.3%	19.6%
2040	14.2%	19.4%
2041	14%	19.2%
2042	13.9%	19%
2043	13.8%	18.8%
2044	13.7%	18.6%
2045	13.6%	18.4%
2046	13.5%	18.2%
2047	13.5%	18%
2048	13.5%	17.8%
2049	13.5%	17.7%
2050	13.5%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Mexico
1960	1,319	1,206,955
1961	1,489	1,265,833
1962	1,091	1,328,319
1963	1,199	1,387,678
1964	1,377	1,447,360
1965	1,260	1,508,344
1966	1,168	1,566,170
1967	837	1,620,534
1968	604	1,671,918
1969	303	1,711,297
1970	272	1,753,370
1971	69	1,790,990
1972	-35	1,823,302
1973	-421	1,845,593
1974	-390	1,868,809
1975	-395	1,880,241
1976	-578	1,891,958
1977	-36	1,902,964
1978	-145	1,921,419
1979	72	1,908,018
1980	37	1,893,158
1981	329	1,904,384
1982	183	1,921,772
1983	37	1,939,193
1984	146	1,960,428
1985	74	1,983,622
1986	331	1,998,043
1987	222	1,971,231
1988	747	1,936,601
1989	679	1,927,752
1990	1,145	1,926,480
1991	1,239	1,942,832
1992	1,098	1,956,659
1993	1,470	1,963,708
1994	1,652	1,959,775
1995	1,634	1,941,458
1996	1,781	1,922,554
1997	1,552	1,898,383
1998	1,486	1,871,650
1999	1,808	1,859,475
2000	1,963	1,845,383
2001	1,766	1,836,418
2002	1,607	1,820,665
2003	1,220	1,788,016
2004	1,878	1,759,250
2005	1,721	1,732,663
2006	1,748	1,706,084
2007	1,584	1,684,915
2008	2,003	1,670,846
2009	1,991	1,661,180
2010	2,129	1,658,682
2011	1,814	1,659,161
2012	2,124	1,656,599
2013	2,336	1,642,609
2014	2,225	1,587,620
2015	2,107	1,508,439
2016	2,095	1,445,256
2017	1,968	1,384,178
2018	1,945	1,366,076
2019	1,922	1,357,485
2020	1,828	1,031,637
2021	2,240	936,682
2022	2,024	1,224,397
2023	1,933	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Mexico

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Mexico
1985	24	107
1986	24	100
1987	23	93
1988	24	88
1989	21	85
1990	24	81
1991	25	77
1992	26	73
1993	20	71
1994	20	69
1995	22	66
1996	23	64
1997	22	62
1998	18	60
1999	21	58
2000	18	56
2001	19	55
2002	17	55
2003	15	54
2004	17	53
2005	17	52
2006	16	51
2007	14	50
2008	13	51
2009	15	51
2010	17	50
2011	13	47
2012	13	46
2013	15	45
2014	13	44
2015	13	43
2016	13	43
2017	15	44
2018	9	44
2019	12	43
2020	6	61
2021	6	104
2022	6	45
2023	11	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Mexico
1960	3.72%	15.5%
1961	3.54%	14.8%
1962	3.36%	14.3%
1963	3.2%	13.7%
1964	3.04%	13.2%
1965	2.89%	12.7%
1966	2.75%	12.3%
1967	2.61%	11.9%
1968	2.48%	11.5%
1969	2.36%	11.1%
1970	2.24%	10.7%
1971	2.11%	10.3%
1972	1.99%	9.93%
1973	1.88%	9.56%
1974	1.77%	9.21%
1975	1.67%	8.86%
1976	1.58%	8.52%
1977	1.51%	8.18%
1978	1.44%	7.85%
1979	1.39%	7.51%
1980	1.34%	7.18%
1981	1.29%	6.86%
1982	1.25%	6.55%
1983	1.21%	6.26%
1984	1.16%	5.98%
1985	1.12%	5.71%
1986	1.07%	5.46%
1987	1.02%	5.21%
1988	0.97%	4.98%
1989	0.93%	4.75%
1990	0.88%	4.53%
1991	0.83%	4.32%
1992	0.78%	4.12%
1993	0.73%	3.92%
1994	0.68%	3.74%
1995	0.64%	3.57%
1996	0.6%	3.4%
1997	0.56%	3.24%
1998	0.53%	3.09%
1999	0.5%	2.94%
2000	0.47%	2.81%
2001	0.44%	2.68%
2002	0.42%	2.57%
2003	0.39%	2.46%
2004	0.37%	2.36%
2005	0.35%	2.27%
2006	0.33%	2.19%
2007	0.31%	2.11%
2008	0.3%	2.04%
2009	0.29%	1.98%
2010	0.28%	1.91%
2011	0.27%	1.85%
2012	0.27%	1.79%
2013	0.26%	1.73%
2014	0.26%	1.68%
2015	0.26%	1.62%
2016	0.25%	1.57%
2017	0.25%	1.52%
2018	0.25%	1.47%
2019	0.25%	1.42%
2020	0.25%	1.38%
2021	0.24%	1.33%
2022	0.24%	1.29%
2023	0.23%	1.25%