Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Mexico

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Mexico chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Mexico
1960	8.08	6.76
1961	8.12	6.78
1962	8.12	6.8
1963	8.12	6.82
1964	8.14	6.83
1965	8.16	6.82
1966	8.2	6.79
1967	8.17	6.75
1968	8.14	6.71
1969	8.11	6.63
1970	8.07	6.53
1971	8.04	6.42
1972	8	6.28
1973	7.95	6.12
1974	7.9	5.95
1975	7.83	5.74
1976	7.76	5.54
1977	7.67	5.36
1978	7.58	5.2
1979	7.47	4.96
1980	7.37	4.74
1981	7.27	4.57
1982	7.18	4.43
1983	7.08	4.3
1984	6.99	4.18
1985	6.87	4.09
1986	6.73	3.97
1987	6.57	3.8
1988	6.38	3.64
1989	6.18	3.53
1990	5.97	3.44
1991	5.76	3.36
1992	5.55	3.29
1993	5.38	3.21
1994	5.23	3.13
1995	5.09	3.04
1996	5.02	2.96
1997	4.96	2.89
1998	4.87	2.82
1999	4.78	2.76
2000	4.7	2.71
2001	4.58	2.67
2002	4.49	2.63
2003	4.42	2.58
2004	4.34	2.54
2005	4.28	2.5
2006	4.2	2.46
2007	4.09	2.42
2008	3.97	2.39
2009	3.83	2.36
2010	3.67	2.34
2011	3.53	2.32
2012	3.38	2.29
2013	3.25	2.27
2014	3.18	2.21
2015	3.13	2.14
2016	3.09	2.09
2017	3.06	2.04
2018	3.04	2.03
2019	3.01	2.02
2020	2.99	1.99
2021	2.96	1.97
2022	2.94	1.94
2023	2.92	1.91
2024	2.86	1.89
2025	2.82	1.87
2026	2.77	1.85
2027	2.73	1.83
2028	2.69	1.82
2029	2.65	1.81
2030	2.6	1.79
2031	2.57	1.78
2032	2.53	1.77
2033	2.5	1.77
2034	2.47	1.76
2035	2.44	1.76
2036	2.41	1.75
2037	2.38	1.75
2038	2.36	1.74
2039	2.34	1.74
2040	2.31	1.73
2041	2.29	1.73
2042	2.26	1.72
2043	2.24	1.72
2044	2.23	1.72
2045	2.21	1.71
2046	2.19	1.71
2047	2.17	1.71
2048	2.15	1.7
2049	2.13	1.7
2050	2.11	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Mexico
1960	46.1%	46.8%
1961	46.7%	47%
1962	47.1%	47.1%
1963	47.4%	47.2%
1964	47.5%	47.3%
1965	47.5%	47.4%
1966	47.2%	47.5%
1967	46.7%	47.6%
1968	46.1%	47.6%
1969	45.3%	47.7%
1970	45%	47.7%
1971	45.6%	47.8%
1972	46.6%	47.7%
1973	47.3%	47.7%
1974	47.8%	47.6%
1975	48.2%	47.5%
1976	48.5%	47.2%
1977	49%	47%
1978	49.4%	46.7%
1979	49.8%	46.3%
1980	50.1%	45.8%
1981	50.3%	45.2%
1982	50.3%	44.4%
1983	50.4%	43.7%
1984	50.4%	43%
1985	50.6%	42.3%
1986	50.7%	41.6%
1987	50.8%	41%
1988	50.8%	40.3%
1989	50.6%	39.7%
1990	50.2%	39%
1991	49.7%	38.4%
1992	49.1%	37.8%
1993	48.4%	37.3%
1994	47.5%	36.9%
1995	46.6%	36.5%
1996	45.6%	36%
1997	44.7%	35.6%
1998	43.7%	35.2%
1999	42.8%	34.8%
2000	42%	34.3%
2001	41.3%	33.9%
2002	40.6%	33.4%
2003	39.9%	33%
2004	39.4%	32.5%
2005	39.1%	32.1%
2006	38.9%	31.6%
2007	39%	31.1%
2008	39.2%	30.6%
2009	39.4%	30.2%
2010	39.7%	29.8%
2011	39.7%	29.4%
2012	39.4%	29%
2013	38.8%	28.7%
2014	38.2%	28.3%
2015	37.5%	28%
2016	36.8%	27.6%
2017	36.2%	27.2%
2018	35.7%	26.7%
2019	35.1%	26.3%
2020	34.5%	26%
2021	34.4%	25.7%
2022	34.6%	25.3%
2023	34.7%	24.9%
2024	34.5%	24.5%
2025	33.9%	24.1%
2026	33.2%	23.7%
2027	32.6%	23.2%
2028	32%	22.8%
2029	31.4%	22.4%
2030	30.9%	22.1%
2031	30.3%	21.7%
2032	29.7%	21.4%
2033	29.2%	21.2%
2034	28.6%	20.9%
2035	28.1%	20.6%
2036	27.6%	20.3%
2037	27.3%	20.1%
2038	27.3%	19.9%
2039	27.4%	19.6%
2040	27.7%	19.4%
2041	28%	19.2%
2042	28.3%	19%
2043	28.6%	18.8%
2044	28.8%	18.6%
2045	29%	18.4%
2046	29.1%	18.2%
2047	29.1%	18%
2048	29%	17.8%
2049	28.8%	17.7%
2050	28.5%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Mexico
1960	452	1,206,955
1961	469	1,265,833
1962	488	1,328,319
1963	509	1,387,678
1964	536	1,447,360
1965	566	1,508,344
1966	603	1,566,170
1967	636	1,620,534
1968	685	1,671,918
1969	747	1,711,297
1970	819	1,753,370
1971	877	1,790,990
1972	913	1,823,302
1973	954	1,845,593
1974	1,000	1,868,809
1975	1,055	1,880,241
1976	1,109	1,891,958
1977	1,160	1,902,964
1978	1,207	1,921,419
1979	1,250	1,908,018
1980	1,287	1,893,158
1981	1,328	1,904,384
1982	1,375	1,921,772
1983	1,422	1,939,193
1984	1,470	1,960,428
1985	1,511	1,983,622
1986	1,544	1,998,043
1987	1,566	1,971,231
1988	1,575	1,936,601
1989	1,574	1,927,752
1990	1,556	1,926,480
1991	1,540	1,942,832
1992	1,525	1,956,659
1993	1,524	1,963,708
1994	1,524	1,959,775
1995	1,522	1,941,458
1996	1,542	1,922,554
1997	1,564	1,898,383
1998	1,576	1,871,650
1999	1,590	1,859,475
2000	1,592	1,845,383
2001	1,596	1,836,418
2002	1,594	1,820,665
2003	1,600	1,788,016
2004	1,595	1,759,250
2005	1,586	1,732,663
2006	1,556	1,706,084
2007	1,507	1,684,915
2008	1,443	1,670,846
2009	1,365	1,661,180
2010	1,273	1,658,682
2011	1,185	1,659,161
2012	1,097	1,656,599
2013	1,014	1,642,609
2014	959	1,587,620
2015	912	1,508,439
2016	866	1,445,256
2017	826	1,384,178
2018	785	1,366,076
2019	746	1,357,485
2020	689	1,031,637
2021	653	936,682
2022	606	1,224,397
2023	550	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Mexico

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Mexico
1985	254	107
1986	274	100
1987	282	93
1988	276	88
1989	299	85
1990	311	81
1991	297	77
1992	322	73
1993	320	71
1994	303	69
1995	303	66
1996	292	64
1997	274	62
1998	259	60
1999	250	58
2000	251	56
2001	231	55
2002	223	55
2003	221	54
2004	238	53
2005	234	52
2006	233	51
2007	229	50
2008	226	51
2009	224	51
2010	212	50
2011	209	47
2012	207	46
2013	201	45
2014	199	44
2015	184	43
2016	183	43
2017	179	44
2018	167	44
2019	168	43
2020	178	61
2021	206	104
2022	174	45
2023	155	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Mexico
1960	12.2%	15.5%
1961	11.6%	14.8%
1962	11%	14.3%
1963	10.5%	13.7%
1964	10.1%	13.2%
1965	9.64%	12.7%
1966	9.25%	12.3%
1967	8.88%	11.9%
1968	8.53%	11.5%
1969	8.19%	11.1%
1970	7.87%	10.7%
1971	7.58%	10.3%
1972	7.33%	9.93%
1973	7.13%	9.56%
1974	6.97%	9.21%
1975	6.86%	8.86%
1976	6.77%	8.52%
1977	6.69%	8.18%
1978	6.61%	7.85%
1979	6.52%	7.51%
1980	6.42%	7.18%
1981	6.29%	6.86%
1982	6.15%	6.55%
1983	6%	6.26%
1984	5.83%	5.98%
1985	5.66%	5.71%
1986	5.49%	5.46%
1987	5.31%	5.21%
1988	5.13%	4.98%
1989	4.95%	4.75%
1990	4.76%	4.53%
1991	4.59%	4.32%
1992	4.43%	4.12%
1993	4.29%	3.92%
1994	4.2%	3.74%
1995	4.15%	3.57%
1996	4.14%	3.4%
1997	4.15%	3.24%
1998	4.19%	3.09%
1999	4.23%	2.94%
2000	4.25%	2.81%
2001	4.25%	2.68%
2002	4.24%	2.57%
2003	4.21%	2.46%
2004	4.18%	2.36%
2005	4.14%	2.27%
2006	4.1%	2.19%
2007	4.06%	2.11%
2008	4.02%	2.04%
2009	3.97%	1.98%
2010	3.94%	1.91%
2011	3.89%	1.85%
2012	3.82%	1.79%
2013	3.75%	1.73%
2014	3.66%	1.68%
2015	3.57%	1.62%
2016	3.48%	1.57%
2017	3.38%	1.52%
2018	3.29%	1.47%
2019	3.19%	1.42%
2020	3.1%	1.38%
2021	3%	1.33%
2022	2.91%	1.29%
2023	2.82%	1.25%