Fertility & birth rates in Mexico and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Mexico vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mexico vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	6.76	7.16
1961	6.78	7.11
1962	6.8	7.1
1963	6.82	7.08
1964	6.83	7.06
1965	6.82	7.03
1966	6.79	6.99
1967	6.75	6.94
1968	6.71	6.89
1969	6.63	6.83
1970	6.53	6.77
1971	6.42	6.71
1972	6.28	6.65
1973	6.12	6.59
1974	5.95	6.52
1975	5.74	6.45
1976	5.54	6.37
1977	5.36	6.28
1978	5.2	6.16
1979	4.96	6.07
1980	4.74	5.96
1981	4.57	5.84
1982	4.43	5.74
1983	4.3	5.61
1984	4.18	5.49
1985	4.09	5.36
1986	3.97	5.22
1987	3.8	5.07
1988	3.64	4.93
1989	3.53	4.76
1990	3.44	4.6
1991	3.36	4.43
1992	3.29	4.27
1993	3.21	4.1
1994	3.13	3.94
1995	3.04	3.78
1996	2.96	3.62
1997	2.89	3.47
1998	2.82	3.34
1999	2.76	3.22
2000	2.71	3.12
2001	2.67	3
2002	2.63	2.89
2003	2.58	2.83
2004	2.54	2.78
2005	2.5	2.77
2006	2.46	2.73
2007	2.42	2.7
2008	2.39	2.66
2009	2.36	2.63
2010	2.34	2.6
2011	2.32	2.56
2012	2.29	2.53
2013	2.27	2.49
2014	2.21	2.46
2015	2.14	2.43
2016	2.09	2.41
2017	2.04	2.38
2018	2.03	2.35
2019	2.02	2.32
2020	1.99	2.3
2021	1.97	2.27
2022	1.94	2.24
2023	1.91	2.22
2024	1.89	2.21
2025	1.87	2.18
2026	1.85	2.16
2027	1.83	2.14
2028	1.82	2.11
2029	1.81	2.09
2030	1.79	2.07
2031	1.78	2.05
2032	1.77	2.04
2033	1.77	2.02
2034	1.76	2.01
2035	1.76	2
2036	1.75	1.98
2037	1.75	1.97
2038	1.74	1.96
2039	1.74	1.95
2040	1.73	1.94
2041	1.73	1.93
2042	1.72	1.92
2043	1.72	1.91
2044	1.72	1.9
2045	1.71	1.89
2046	1.71	1.89
2047	1.71	1.88
2048	1.7	1.87
2049	1.7	1.87
2050	1.7	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mexico	Nicaragua
1960	46.8%	47.6%
1961	47%	47.8%
1962	47.1%	48%
1963	47.2%	48.2%
1964	47.3%	48.2%
1965	47.4%	48.1%
1966	47.5%	47.9%
1967	47.6%	47.8%
1968	47.6%	47.7%
1969	47.7%	47.6%
1970	47.7%	47.5%
1971	47.8%	47.5%
1972	47.7%	47.4%
1973	47.7%	47.4%
1974	47.6%	47.3%
1975	47.5%	47.3%
1976	47.2%	47.3%
1977	47%	47.2%
1978	46.7%	47.3%
1979	46.3%	47.3%
1980	45.8%	47.3%
1981	45.2%	47.3%
1982	44.4%	47.3%
1983	43.7%	47.2%
1984	43%	47.2%
1985	42.3%	47.1%
1986	41.6%	47%
1987	41%	46.9%
1988	40.3%	46.7%
1989	39.7%	46.4%
1990	39%	46.1%
1991	38.4%	45.7%
1992	37.8%	45.2%
1993	37.3%	44.8%
1994	36.9%	44.3%
1995	36.5%	43.7%
1996	36%	43.1%
1997	35.6%	42.4%
1998	35.2%	41.7%
1999	34.8%	41%
2000	34.3%	40.3%
2001	33.9%	39.6%
2002	33.4%	38.9%
2003	33%	38.2%
2004	32.5%	37.5%
2005	32.1%	36.8%
2006	31.6%	36.2%
2007	31.1%	35.7%
2008	30.6%	35.2%
2009	30.2%	34.7%
2010	29.8%	34.2%
2011	29.4%	33.8%
2012	29%	33.3%
2013	28.7%	32.9%
2014	28.3%	32.6%
2015	28%	32.2%
2016	27.6%	31.8%
2017	27.2%	31.5%
2018	26.7%	31.1%
2019	26.3%	30.8%
2020	26%	30.4%
2021	25.7%	30.1%
2022	25.3%	29.6%
2023	24.9%	29.2%
2024	24.5%	28.8%
2025	24.1%	28.3%
2026	23.7%	27.9%
2027	23.2%	27.4%
2028	22.8%	27%
2029	22.4%	26.6%
2030	22.1%	26.2%
2031	21.7%	25.8%
2032	21.4%	25.4%
2033	21.2%	25%
2034	20.9%	24.7%
2035	20.6%	24.4%
2036	20.3%	24%
2037	20.1%	23.7%
2038	19.9%	23.4%
2039	19.6%	23.1%
2040	19.4%	22.8%
2041	19.2%	22.5%
2042	19%	22.2%
2043	18.8%	22%
2044	18.6%	21.7%
2045	18.4%	21.4%
2046	18.2%	21.2%
2047	18%	20.9%
2048	17.8%	20.7%
2049	17.7%	20.5%
2050	17.5%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Mexico and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 39% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mexico and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Mexico vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Mexico and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	1,206,955	55,664
1961	1,265,833	57,499
1962	1,328,319	59,547
1963	1,387,678	61,738
1964	1,447,360	64,227
1965	1,508,344	67,056
1966	1,566,170	69,883
1967	1,620,534	72,722
1968	1,671,918	75,458
1969	1,711,297	78,237
1970	1,753,370	81,127
1971	1,790,990	84,139
1972	1,823,302	76,906
1973	1,845,593	89,662
1974	1,868,809	92,505
1975	1,880,241	95,230
1976	1,891,958	98,100
1977	1,902,964	100,498
1978	1,921,419	98,419
1979	1,908,018	96,429
1980	1,893,158	108,604
1981	1,904,384	110,421
1982	1,921,772	112,468
1983	1,939,193	110,618
1984	1,960,428	110,133
1985	1,983,622	110,949
1986	1,998,043	113,054
1987	1,971,231	112,885
1988	1,936,601	117,299
1989	1,927,752	120,128
1990	1,926,480	120,677
1991	1,942,832	121,787
1992	1,956,659	121,204
1993	1,963,708	120,469
1994	1,959,775	119,565
1995	1,941,458	118,325
1996	1,922,554	116,849
1997	1,898,383	114,415
1998	1,871,650	108,862
1999	1,859,475	110,217
2000	1,845,383	109,192
2001	1,836,418	107,109
2002	1,820,665	105,805
2003	1,788,016	106,142
2004	1,759,250	106,904
2005	1,732,663	108,984
2006	1,706,084	110,073
2007	1,684,915	110,341
2008	1,670,846	110,395
2009	1,661,180	110,213
2010	1,658,682	110,475
2011	1,659,161	110,026
2012	1,656,599	110,065
2013	1,642,609	109,032
2014	1,587,620	108,420
2015	1,508,439	107,344
2016	1,445,256	106,585
2017	1,384,178	105,468
2018	1,366,076	104,814
2019	1,357,485	102,817
2020	1,031,637	90,515
2021	936,682	89,213
2022	1,224,397	100,987
2023	1,238,366	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Mexico vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mexico	Nicaragua
1985	107	319
1986	100	313
1987	93	316
1988	88	301
1989	85	286
1990	81	281
1991	77	273
1992	73	272
1993	71	265
1994	69	256
1995	66	251
1996	64	244
1997	62	236
1998	60	239
1999	58	228
2000	56	213
2001	55	194
2002	55	170
2003	54	154
2004	53	140
2005	52	124
2006	51	113
2007	50	106
2008	51	101
2009	51	99
2010	50	96
2011	47	93
2012	46	88
2013	45	86
2014	44	83
2015	43	81
2016	43	77
2017	44	72
2018	44	67
2019	43	69
2020	61	87
2021	104	124
2022	45	61
2023	42	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.25% in Mexico and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	15.5%	19.8%
1961	14.8%	19.6%
1962	14.3%	19.4%
1963	13.7%	19.2%
1964	13.2%	19%
1965	12.7%	18.7%
1966	12.3%	18.4%
1967	11.9%	18.1%
1968	11.5%	17.8%
1969	11.1%	17.4%
1970	10.7%	17.1%
1971	10.3%	16.6%
1972	9.93%	18.7%
1973	9.56%	15.6%
1974	9.21%	15%
1975	8.86%	14.4%
1976	8.52%	13.7%
1977	8.18%	12.9%
1978	7.85%	12.2%
1979	7.51%	11.5%
1980	7.18%	10.8%
1981	6.86%	10.2%
1982	6.55%	9.58%
1983	6.26%	9.07%
1984	5.98%	8.62%
1985	5.71%	8.21%
1986	5.46%	7.85%
1987	5.21%	7.53%
1988	4.98%	7.22%
1989	4.75%	6.92%
1990	4.53%	6.62%
1991	4.32%	6.31%
1992	4.12%	6%
1993	3.92%	5.69%
1994	3.74%	5.39%
1995	3.57%	5.09%
1996	3.4%	4.81%
1997	3.24%	4.54%
1998	3.09%	5.01%
1999	2.94%	4.04%
2000	2.81%	3.82%
2001	2.68%	3.62%
2002	2.57%	3.43%
2003	2.46%	3.26%
2004	2.36%	3.1%
2005	2.27%	2.95%
2006	2.19%	2.81%
2007	2.11%	2.68%
2008	2.04%	2.55%
2009	1.98%	2.44%
2010	1.91%	2.33%
2011	1.85%	2.22%
2012	1.79%	2.13%
2013	1.73%	2.03%
2014	1.68%	1.94%
2015	1.62%	1.86%
2016	1.57%	1.78%
2017	1.52%	1.71%
2018	1.47%	1.64%
2019	1.42%	1.57%
2020	1.38%	1.51%
2021	1.33%	1.45%
2022	1.29%	1.39%
2023	1.25%	1.34%