Fertility & birth rates in Mexico and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Mexico vs Mongolia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mexico was 1.91 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mexico	Mongolia
1960	6.76	6.82
1961	6.78	6.96
1962	6.8	7.1
1963	6.82	7.24
1964	6.83	7.33
1965	6.82	7.38
1966	6.79	7.41
1967	6.75	7.39
1968	6.71	7.37
1969	6.63	7.34
1970	6.53	7.31
1971	6.42	7.3
1972	6.28	7.28
1973	6.12	7.24
1974	5.95	7.17
1975	5.74	7.07
1976	5.54	6.93
1977	5.36	6.79
1978	5.2	6.62
1979	4.96	6.42
1980	4.74	6.21
1981	4.57	5.98
1982	4.43	5.8
1983	4.3	5.63
1984	4.18	5.45
1985	4.09	5.26
1986	3.97	5.03
1987	3.8	4.83
1988	3.64	4.65
1989	3.53	4.42
1990	3.44	4.5
1991	3.36	4
1992	3.29	3.5
1993	3.21	2.5
1994	3.13	2.7
1995	3.04	2.77
1996	2.96	2.5
1997	2.89	2.4
1998	2.82	2.3
1999	2.76	2.3
2000	2.71	2.2
2001	2.67	2.2
2002	2.63	2.1
2003	2.58	2
2004	2.54	2
2005	2.5	2
2006	2.46	2.1
2007	2.42	2.3
2008	2.39	2.6
2009	2.36	2.8
2010	2.34	2.4
2011	2.32	2.6
2012	2.29	2.7
2013	2.27	3
2014	2.21	3.1
2015	2.14	3
2016	2.09	3
2017	2.04	2.8
2018	2.03	2.9
2019	2.02	3
2020	1.99	2.9
2021	1.97	2.8
2022	1.94	2.7
2023	1.91	2.7
2024	1.89	2.65
2025	1.87	2.6
2026	1.85	2.55
2027	1.83	2.51
2028	1.82	2.47
2029	1.81	2.44
2030	1.79	2.4
2031	1.78	2.37
2032	1.77	2.34
2033	1.77	2.31
2034	1.76	2.29
2035	1.76	2.26
2036	1.75	2.23
2037	1.75	2.21
2038	1.74	2.19
2039	1.74	2.17
2040	1.73	2.15
2041	1.73	2.13
2042	1.72	2.11
2043	1.72	2.09
2044	1.72	2.08
2045	1.71	2.06
2046	1.71	2.05
2047	1.71	2.04
2048	1.7	2.02
2049	1.7	2.01
2050	1.7	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mexico	Mongolia
1960	46.8%	38.1%
1961	47%	38.8%
1962	47.1%	39.6%
1963	47.2%	40.4%
1964	47.3%	41.4%
1965	47.4%	42.4%
1966	47.5%	43.3%
1967	47.6%	44.2%
1968	47.6%	44.9%
1969	47.7%	45.4%
1970	47.7%	45.6%
1971	47.8%	45.8%
1972	47.7%	45.8%
1973	47.7%	45.8%
1974	47.6%	45.6%
1975	47.5%	45.4%
1976	47.2%	45.2%
1977	47%	44.8%
1978	46.7%	44.5%
1979	46.3%	44.1%
1980	45.8%	43.7%
1981	45.2%	43.3%
1982	44.4%	43%
1983	43.7%	42.7%
1984	43%	42.5%
1985	42.3%	42.3%
1986	41.6%	42.1%
1987	41%	42%
1988	40.3%	41.8%
1989	39.7%	41.7%
1990	39%	41.4%
1991	38.4%	41%
1992	37.8%	40.5%
1993	37.3%	40%
1994	36.9%	39.5%
1995	36.5%	39%
1996	36%	38.4%
1997	35.6%	37.8%
1998	35.2%	37%
1999	34.8%	36.2%
2000	34.3%	35.2%
2001	33.9%	34.1%
2002	33.4%	32.9%
2003	33%	31.8%
2004	32.5%	30.8%
2005	32.1%	29.9%
2006	31.6%	29.1%
2007	31.1%	28.5%
2008	30.6%	28.1%
2009	30.2%	27.9%
2010	29.8%	27.9%
2011	29.4%	28%
2012	29%	28.1%
2013	28.7%	28.5%
2014	28.3%	28.9%
2015	28%	29.5%
2016	27.6%	30.2%
2017	27.2%	30.9%
2018	26.7%	31.6%
2019	26.3%	32.3%
2020	26%	32.8%
2021	25.7%	32.9%
2022	25.3%	32.9%
2023	24.9%	32.6%
2024	24.5%	32.2%
2025	24.1%	31.6%
2026	23.7%	30.9%
2027	23.2%	30.1%
2028	22.8%	29.2%
2029	22.4%	28.2%
2030	22.1%	27.3%
2031	21.7%	26.3%
2032	21.4%	25.6%
2033	21.2%	24.9%
2034	20.9%	24.3%
2035	20.6%	23.8%
2036	20.3%	23.4%
2037	20.1%	23.1%
2038	19.9%	23%
2039	19.6%	22.9%
2040	19.4%	22.8%
2041	19.2%	22.9%
2042	19%	22.9%
2043	18.8%	23%
2044	18.6%	23.1%
2045	18.4%	23.2%
2046	18.2%	23.3%
2047	18%	23.4%
2048	17.8%	23.4%
2049	17.7%	23.4%
2050	17.5%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Mexico and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 39% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mexico and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Mexico vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Mexico and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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
	Mexico	Mongolia
1960	1,206,955	20,726
1961	1,265,833	21,873
1962	1,328,319	22,960
1963	1,387,678	24,142
1964	1,447,360	25,317
1965	1,508,344	26,364
1966	1,566,170	27,338
1967	1,620,534	28,178
1968	1,671,918	29,017
1969	1,711,297	29,781
1970	1,753,370	30,558
1971	1,790,990	31,536
1972	1,823,302	32,727
1973	1,845,593	33,993
1974	1,868,809	35,297
1975	1,880,241	36,490
1976	1,891,958	37,670
1977	1,902,964	38,995
1978	1,921,419	40,276
1979	1,908,018	41,568
1980	1,893,158	42,343
1981	1,904,384	43,588
1982	1,921,772	45,179
1983	1,939,193	46,919
1984	1,960,428	48,562
1985	1,983,622	49,944
1986	1,998,043	50,329
1987	1,971,231	51,140
1988	1,936,601	51,588
1989	1,927,752	51,420
1990	1,926,480	49,443
1991	1,942,832	47,884
1992	1,956,659	42,437
1993	1,963,708	36,924
1994	1,959,775	34,711
1995	1,941,458	34,473
1996	1,922,554	33,741
1997	1,898,383	32,403
1998	1,871,650	31,757
1999	1,859,475	32,283
2000	1,845,383	32,753
2001	1,836,418	32,052
2002	1,820,665	30,439
2003	1,788,016	28,827
2004	1,759,250	28,418
2005	1,732,663	29,290
2006	1,706,084	33,609
2007	1,684,915	39,636
2008	1,670,846	45,843
2009	1,661,180	48,876
2010	1,658,682	44,914
2011	1,659,161	50,711
2012	1,656,599	55,942
2013	1,642,609	62,618
2014	1,587,620	66,078
2015	1,508,439	64,473
2016	1,445,256	62,086
2017	1,384,178	57,940
2018	1,366,076	60,635
2019	1,357,485	61,433
2020	1,031,637	60,888
2021	936,682	52,109
2022	1,224,397	47,730
2023	1,238,366	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Mexico vs Mongolia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 42 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mexico, compared to 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mexico	Mongolia
1985	107	352
1986	100	346
1987	93	341
1988	88	335
1989	85	311
1990	81	276
1991	77	227
1992	73	199
1993	71	181
1994	69	178
1995	66	176
1996	64	178
1997	62	180
1998	60	174
1999	58	162
2000	56	144
2001	55	130
2002	55	120
2003	54	114
2004	53	108
2005	52	99
2006	51	90
2007	50	81
2008	51	77
2009	51	75
2010	50	71
2011	47	67
2012	46	63
2013	45	59
2014	44	56
2015	43	52
2016	43	48
2017	44	45
2018	44	45
2019	43	45
2020	61	47
2021	104	63
2022	45	41
2023	42	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.25% in Mexico and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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
	Mexico	Mongolia
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	8.52%	-
1977	8.18%	-
1978	7.85%	17.3%
1979	7.51%	16.7%
1980	7.18%	16.1%
1981	6.86%	15.5%
1982	6.55%	15%
1983	6.26%	14.4%
1984	5.98%	13.9%
1985	5.71%	13.4%
1986	5.46%	12.8%
1987	5.21%	12.2%
1988	4.98%	11.7%
1989	4.75%	11.1%
1990	4.53%	10.7%
1991	4.32%	10.2%
1992	4.12%	9.78%
1993	3.92%	9.39%
1994	3.74%	9%
1995	3.57%	8.6%
1996	3.4%	8.19%
1997	3.24%	7.74%
1998	3.09%	7.27%
1999	2.94%	6.78%
2000	2.81%	6.29%
2001	2.68%	5.8%
2002	2.57%	5.32%
2003	2.46%	4.87%
2004	2.36%	4.45%
2005	2.27%	4.07%
2006	2.19%	3.71%
2007	2.11%	3.39%
2008	2.04%	3.11%
2009	1.98%	2.85%
2010	1.91%	2.63%
2011	1.85%	2.44%
2012	1.79%	2.28%
2013	1.73%	2.15%
2014	1.68%	2.04%
2015	1.62%	1.94%
2016	1.57%	1.84%
2017	1.52%	1.74%
2018	1.47%	1.64%
2019	1.42%	1.56%
2020	1.38%	1.48%
2021	1.33%	1.43%
2022	1.29%	1.39%
2023	1.25%	1.36%