Fertility & birth rates in Mexico and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Mexico vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mexico vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	6.76	6.5
1961	6.78	6.49
1962	6.8	6.47
1963	6.82	6.45
1964	6.83	6.42
1965	6.82	6.35
1966	6.79	6.23
1967	6.75	6.1
1968	6.71	5.97
1969	6.63	5.84
1970	6.53	5.72
1971	6.42	5.59
1972	6.28	5.46
1973	6.12	5.35
1974	5.95	5.27
1975	5.74	5.18
1976	5.54	5.12
1977	5.36	5.08
1978	5.2	5.04
1979	4.96	5.06
1980	4.74	5.1
1981	4.57	5.15
1982	4.43	5.13
1983	4.3	5.09
1984	4.18	5.04
1985	4.09	4.97
1986	3.97	4.93
1987	3.8	4.85
1988	3.64	4.77
1989	3.53	4.68
1990	3.44	4.57
1991	3.36	4.48
1992	3.29	4.4
1993	3.21	4.28
1994	3.13	4.2
1995	3.04	4.11
1996	2.96	4.01
1997	2.89	3.91
1998	2.82	3.8
1999	2.76	3.67
2000	2.71	3.51
2001	2.67	3.36
2002	2.63	3.23
2003	2.58	3.12
2004	2.54	3.05
2005	2.5	2.97
2006	2.46	2.89
2007	2.42	2.82
2008	2.39	2.79
2009	2.36	2.76
2010	2.34	2.7
2011	2.32	2.67
2012	2.29	2.66
2013	2.27	2.64
2014	2.21	2.65
2015	2.14	2.65
2016	2.09	2.62
2017	2.04	2.59
2018	2.03	2.56
2019	2.02	2.53
2020	1.99	2.5
2021	1.97	2.47
2022	1.94	2.44
2023	1.91	2.42
2024	1.89	2.42
2025	1.87	2.39
2026	1.85	2.37
2027	1.83	2.35
2028	1.82	2.33
2029	1.81	2.31
2030	1.79	2.29
2031	1.78	2.27
2032	1.77	2.26
2033	1.77	2.24
2034	1.76	2.22
2035	1.76	2.21
2036	1.75	2.19
2037	1.75	2.17
2038	1.74	2.16
2039	1.74	2.14
2040	1.73	2.13
2041	1.73	2.12
2042	1.72	2.11
2043	1.72	2.09
2044	1.72	2.08
2045	1.71	2.07
2046	1.71	2.06
2047	1.71	2.05
2048	1.7	2.04
2049	1.7	2.03
2050	1.7	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mexico	Paraguay
1960	46.8%	46.3%
1961	47%	46.2%
1962	47.1%	46.1%
1963	47.2%	46%
1964	47.3%	46%
1965	47.4%	46%
1966	47.5%	46%
1967	47.6%	45.9%
1968	47.6%	45.8%
1969	47.7%	45.7%
1970	47.7%	45.5%
1971	47.8%	45.2%
1972	47.7%	45%
1973	47.7%	44.6%
1974	47.6%	44.2%
1975	47.5%	43.7%
1976	47.2%	43.3%
1977	47%	42.8%
1978	46.7%	42.4%
1979	46.3%	42%
1980	45.8%	41.6%
1981	45.2%	41.4%
1982	44.4%	41.2%
1983	43.7%	41.2%
1984	43%	41.2%
1985	42.3%	41.2%
1986	41.6%	41.3%
1987	41%	41.3%
1988	40.3%	41.4%
1989	39.7%	41.5%
1990	39%	41.5%
1991	38.4%	41.5%
1992	37.8%	41.5%
1993	37.3%	41.4%
1994	36.9%	41.3%
1995	36.5%	41.1%
1996	36%	40.8%
1997	35.6%	40.4%
1998	35.2%	40%
1999	34.8%	39.5%
2000	34.3%	39%
2001	33.9%	38.4%
2002	33.4%	37.9%
2003	33%	37.3%
2004	32.5%	36.6%
2005	32.1%	35.8%
2006	31.6%	35.1%
2007	31.1%	34.4%
2008	30.6%	33.8%
2009	30.2%	33.2%
2010	29.8%	32.5%
2011	29.4%	32%
2012	29%	31.4%
2013	28.7%	30.9%
2014	28.3%	30.5%
2015	28%	30.2%
2016	27.6%	29.9%
2017	27.2%	29.7%
2018	26.7%	29.5%
2019	26.3%	29.3%
2020	26%	29.1%
2021	25.7%	29%
2022	25.3%	28.9%
2023	24.9%	28.8%
2024	24.5%	28.6%
2025	24.1%	28.4%
2026	23.7%	28.1%
2027	23.2%	27.9%
2028	22.8%	27.6%
2029	22.4%	27.3%
2030	22.1%	26.9%
2031	21.7%	26.5%
2032	21.4%	26.1%
2033	21.2%	25.8%
2034	20.9%	25.4%
2035	20.6%	25%
2036	20.3%	24.7%
2037	20.1%	24.4%
2038	19.9%	24.1%
2039	19.6%	23.8%
2040	19.4%	23.5%
2041	19.2%	23.2%
2042	19%	23%
2043	18.8%	22.7%
2044	18.6%	22.5%
2045	18.4%	22.3%
2046	18.2%	22.1%
2047	18%	22%
2048	17.8%	21.8%
2049	17.7%	21.6%
2050	17.5%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Mexico and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 39% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mexico and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Mexico vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Mexico and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	1,206,955	60,009
1961	1,265,833	61,536
1962	1,328,319	63,079
1963	1,387,678	64,741
1964	1,447,360	65,681
1965	1,508,344	66,063
1966	1,566,170	66,002
1967	1,620,534	65,695
1968	1,671,918	65,575
1969	1,711,297	65,616
1970	1,753,370	65,905
1971	1,790,990	66,142
1972	1,823,302	66,625
1973	1,845,593	67,803
1974	1,868,809	69,059
1975	1,880,241	70,285
1976	1,891,958	71,973
1977	1,902,964	74,359
1978	1,921,419	76,691
1979	1,908,018	80,345
1980	1,893,158	84,568
1981	1,904,384	89,456
1982	1,921,772	92,917
1983	1,939,193	96,406
1984	1,960,428	99,937
1985	1,983,622	102,859
1986	1,998,043	105,776
1987	1,971,231	107,962
1988	1,936,601	110,348
1989	1,927,752	111,727
1990	1,926,480	112,864
1991	1,942,832	114,472
1992	1,956,659	115,442
1993	1,963,708	115,211
1994	1,959,775	115,662
1995	1,941,458	115,777
1996	1,922,554	115,623
1997	1,898,383	115,095
1998	1,871,650	114,122
1999	1,859,475	112,726
2000	1,845,383	109,979
2001	1,836,418	107,225
2002	1,820,665	104,658
2003	1,788,016	102,427
2004	1,759,250	101,896
2005	1,732,663	101,035
2006	1,706,084	99,808
2007	1,684,915	99,141
2008	1,670,846	99,821
2009	1,661,180	100,296
2010	1,658,682	99,456
2011	1,659,161	100,442
2012	1,656,599	102,508
2013	1,642,609	103,383
2014	1,587,620	105,585
2015	1,508,439	106,817
2016	1,445,256	106,804
2017	1,384,178	105,634
2018	1,366,076	104,908
2019	1,357,485	103,179
2020	1,031,637	98,667
2021	936,682	78,667
2022	1,224,397	94,627
2023	1,238,366	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Mexico vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mexico	Paraguay
1985	107	237
1986	100	230
1987	93	225
1988	88	220
1989	85	209
1990	81	198
1991	77	192
1992	73	195
1993	71	197
1994	69	201
1995	66	202
1996	64	203
1997	62	205
1998	60	207
1999	58	207
2000	56	207
2001	55	207
2002	55	206
2003	54	203
2004	53	199
2005	52	194
2006	51	186
2007	50	177
2008	51	166
2009	51	152
2010	50	136
2011	47	120
2012	46	100
2013	45	84
2014	44	70
2015	43	64
2016	43	60
2017	44	58
2018	44	58
2019	43	58
2020	61	69
2021	104	140
2022	45	78
2023	42	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.25% in Mexico and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	15.5%	8.18%
1961	14.8%	8.11%
1962	14.3%	8.06%
1963	13.7%	8.02%
1964	13.2%	7.99%
1965	12.7%	7.96%
1966	12.3%	7.94%
1967	11.9%	7.91%
1968	11.5%	7.88%
1969	11.1%	7.84%
1970	10.7%	7.79%
1971	10.3%	7.73%
1972	9.93%	7.66%
1973	9.56%	7.57%
1974	9.21%	7.46%
1975	8.86%	7.34%
1976	8.52%	7.21%
1977	8.18%	7.06%
1978	7.85%	6.91%
1979	7.51%	6.74%
1980	7.18%	6.55%
1981	6.86%	6.35%
1982	6.55%	6.14%
1983	6.26%	5.92%
1984	5.98%	5.71%
1985	5.71%	5.5%
1986	5.46%	5.3%
1987	5.21%	5.1%
1988	4.98%	4.92%
1989	4.75%	4.73%
1990	4.53%	4.55%
1991	4.32%	4.38%
1992	4.12%	4.23%
1993	3.92%	4.08%
1994	3.74%	3.95%
1995	3.57%	3.83%
1996	3.4%	3.72%
1997	3.24%	3.62%
1998	3.09%	3.53%
1999	2.94%	3.45%
2000	2.81%	3.36%
2001	2.68%	3.29%
2002	2.57%	3.22%
2003	2.46%	3.14%
2004	2.36%	3.07%
2005	2.27%	2.99%
2006	2.19%	2.91%
2007	2.11%	2.83%
2008	2.04%	2.75%
2009	1.98%	2.67%
2010	1.91%	2.59%
2011	1.85%	2.51%
2012	1.79%	2.44%
2013	1.73%	2.37%
2014	1.68%	2.3%
2015	1.62%	2.22%
2016	1.57%	2.15%
2017	1.52%	2.08%
2018	1.47%	2.01%
2019	1.42%	1.94%
2020	1.38%	1.88%
2021	1.33%	1.82%
2022	1.29%	1.76%
2023	1.25%	1.7%