Fertility & birth rates in Mexico and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Mexico vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mexico vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.76	7.2
1961	6.78	7.21
1962	6.8	7.23
1963	6.82	7.23
1964	6.83	7.23
1965	6.82	7.23
1966	6.79	7.2
1967	6.75	7.16
1968	6.71	7.11
1969	6.63	7.04
1970	6.53	6.98
1971	6.42	6.94
1972	6.28	6.94
1973	6.12	6.94
1974	5.95	6.88
1975	5.74	6.83
1976	5.54	6.77
1977	5.36	6.71
1978	5.2	6.66
1979	4.96	6.59
1980	4.74	6.52
1981	4.57	6.45
1982	4.43	6.33
1983	4.3	6.2
1984	4.18	6.04
1985	4.09	5.87
1986	3.97	5.69
1987	3.8	5.5
1988	3.64	5.28
1989	3.53	5.07
1990	3.44	4.88
1991	3.36	4.72
1992	3.29	4.57
1993	3.21	4.39
1994	3.13	4.28
1995	3.04	4.15
1996	2.96	4.11
1997	2.89	4.08
1998	2.82	4.07
1999	2.76	4.06
2000	2.71	4.01
2001	2.67	3.98
2002	2.63	3.93
2003	2.58	3.86
2004	2.54	3.78
2005	2.5	3.69
2006	2.46	3.64
2007	2.42	3.68
2008	2.39	3.78
2009	2.36	3.95
2010	2.34	4.04
2011	2.32	4.13
2012	2.29	4.13
2013	2.27	4.11
2014	2.21	4.01
2015	2.14	3.91
2016	2.09	3.83
2017	2.04	3.77
2018	2.03	3.74
2019	2.02	3.75
2020	1.99	3.75
2021	1.97	3.77
2022	1.94	3.77
2023	1.91	3.72
2024	1.89	3.67
2025	1.87	3.62
2026	1.85	3.57
2027	1.83	3.52
2028	1.82	3.47
2029	1.81	3.43
2030	1.79	3.38
2031	1.78	3.33
2032	1.77	3.29
2033	1.77	3.25
2034	1.76	3.21
2035	1.76	3.17
2036	1.75	3.13
2037	1.75	3.09
2038	1.74	3.06
2039	1.74	3.02
2040	1.73	2.99
2041	1.73	2.96
2042	1.72	2.93
2043	1.72	2.9
2044	1.72	2.87
2045	1.71	2.84
2046	1.71	2.81
2047	1.71	2.78
2048	1.7	2.75
2049	1.7	2.72
2050	1.7	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mexico	Zimbabwe
1960	46.8%	47.3%
1961	47%	47.7%
1962	47.1%	48.1%
1963	47.2%	48.5%
1964	47.3%	48.8%
1965	47.4%	48.7%
1966	47.5%	48.6%
1967	47.6%	48.5%
1968	47.6%	48.5%
1969	47.7%	48.4%
1970	47.7%	48.3%
1971	47.8%	48.2%
1972	47.7%	48.2%
1973	47.7%	48.1%
1974	47.6%	48.1%
1975	47.5%	48.1%
1976	47.2%	48.2%
1977	47%	48.3%
1978	46.7%	48.5%
1979	46.3%	48.8%
1980	45.8%	48.7%
1981	45.2%	48.4%
1982	44.4%	48.3%
1983	43.7%	48.2%
1984	43%	48.1%
1985	42.3%	48%
1986	41.6%	47.9%
1987	41%	47.9%
1988	40.3%	47.9%
1989	39.7%	47.6%
1990	39%	47.1%
1991	38.4%	46.6%
1992	37.8%	46.8%
1993	37.3%	47.1%
1994	36.9%	46.6%
1995	36.5%	45.9%
1996	36%	45%
1997	35.6%	44%
1998	35.2%	43.1%
1999	34.8%	42.4%
2000	34.3%	41.9%
2001	33.9%	41.5%
2002	33.4%	41.4%
2003	33%	41.5%
2004	32.5%	41.7%
2005	32.1%	41.9%
2006	31.6%	42%
2007	31.1%	42.1%
2008	30.6%	42.4%
2009	30.2%	42.7%
2010	29.8%	43%
2011	29.4%	43.4%
2012	29%	43.7%
2013	28.7%	43.9%
2014	28.3%	43.9%
2015	28%	43.8%
2016	27.6%	43.6%
2017	27.2%	43.3%
2018	26.7%	42.9%
2019	26.3%	42.5%
2020	26%	42.2%
2021	25.7%	41.9%
2022	25.3%	41.6%
2023	24.9%	41.3%
2024	24.5%	40.9%
2025	24.1%	40.3%
2026	23.7%	39.6%
2027	23.2%	39%
2028	22.8%	38.4%
2029	22.4%	37.8%
2030	22.1%	37.4%
2031	21.7%	37%
2032	21.4%	36.8%
2033	21.2%	36.5%
2034	20.9%	36.3%
2035	20.6%	36.1%
2036	20.3%	35.8%
2037	20.1%	35.6%
2038	19.9%	35.3%
2039	19.6%	35.1%
2040	19.4%	34.8%
2041	19.2%	34.6%
2042	19%	34.3%
2043	18.8%	34.1%
2044	18.6%	33.8%
2045	18.4%	33.5%
2046	18.2%	33.2%
2047	18%	32.9%
2048	17.8%	32.6%
2049	17.7%	32.2%
2050	17.5%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Mexico and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 39% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mexico and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Mexico vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Mexico and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	1,206,955	126,959
1961	1,265,833	131,531
1962	1,328,319	136,317
1963	1,387,678	140,984
1964	1,447,360	145,848
1965	1,508,344	151,164
1966	1,566,170	156,014
1967	1,620,534	161,205
1968	1,671,918	166,865
1969	1,711,297	172,626
1970	1,753,370	178,979
1971	1,790,990	185,427
1972	1,823,302	193,725
1973	1,845,593	201,885
1974	1,868,809	208,806
1975	1,880,241	216,947
1976	1,891,958	221,419
1977	1,902,964	225,139
1978	1,921,419	222,979
1979	1,908,018	223,657
1980	1,893,158	241,179
1981	1,904,384	271,361
1982	1,921,772	279,934
1983	1,939,193	286,545
1984	1,960,428	290,052
1985	1,983,622	290,756
1986	1,998,043	289,894
1987	1,971,231	286,766
1988	1,936,601	277,498
1989	1,927,752	270,838
1990	1,926,480	265,444
1991	1,942,832	260,943
1992	1,956,659	255,291
1993	1,963,708	228,045
1994	1,959,775	216,343
1995	1,941,458	206,695
1996	1,922,554	205,269
1997	1,898,383	216,288
1998	1,871,650	225,614
1999	1,859,475	232,393
2000	1,845,383	236,343
2001	1,836,418	227,909
2002	1,820,665	244,170
2003	1,788,016	243,057
2004	1,759,250	248,307
2005	1,732,663	248,545
2006	1,706,084	248,963
2007	1,684,915	261,805
2008	1,670,846	280,527
2009	1,661,180	309,316
2010	1,658,682	335,570
2011	1,659,161	359,572
2012	1,656,599	371,135
2013	1,642,609	374,757
2014	1,587,620	366,350
2015	1,508,439	356,203
2016	1,445,256	348,772
2017	1,384,178	344,035
2018	1,366,076	345,883
2019	1,357,485	348,798
2020	1,031,637	354,790
2021	936,682	349,908
2022	1,224,397	371,243
2023	1,238,366	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Mexico vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mexico	Zimbabwe
1985	107	573
1986	100	525
1987	93	480
1988	88	431
1989	85	382
1990	81	353
1991	77	332
1992	73	333
1993	71	331
1994	69	332
1995	66	332
1996	64	352
1997	62	357
1998	60	368
1999	58	399
2000	56	405
2001	55	467
2002	55	418
2003	54	455
2004	53	451
2005	52	454
2006	51	480
2007	50	519
2008	51	526
2009	51	540
2010	50	567
2011	47	564
2012	46	558
2013	45	525
2014	44	468
2015	43	428
2016	43	411
2017	44	389
2018	44	386
2019	43	388
2020	61	380
2021	104	446
2022	45	368
2023	42	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.25% in Mexico and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	15.5%	15.2%
1961	14.8%	14.8%
1962	14.3%	14.4%
1963	13.7%	14%
1964	13.2%	13.5%
1965	12.7%	13.1%
1966	12.3%	12.7%
1967	11.9%	12.4%
1968	11.5%	12.1%
1969	11.1%	11.8%
1970	10.7%	11.7%
1971	10.3%	11.5%
1972	9.93%	11.5%
1973	9.56%	11.4%
1974	9.21%	11.4%
1975	8.86%	11.4%
1976	8.52%	11.5%
1977	8.18%	11.5%
1978	7.85%	11.5%
1979	7.51%	11.3%
1980	7.18%	11.1%
1981	6.86%	10.7%
1982	6.55%	10.1%
1983	6.26%	9.5%
1984	5.98%	8.87%
1985	5.71%	8.31%
1986	5.46%	7.86%
1987	5.21%	7.61%
1988	4.98%	7.55%
1989	4.75%	7.69%
1990	4.53%	7.97%
1991	4.32%	8.33%
1992	4.12%	8.73%
1993	3.92%	9.16%
1994	3.74%	9.52%
1995	3.57%	9.83%
1996	3.4%	10%
1997	3.24%	10.1%
1998	3.09%	10%
1999	2.94%	9.92%
2000	2.81%	9.83%
2001	2.68%	9.79%
2002	2.57%	8.48%
2003	2.46%	8.85%
2004	2.36%	9.17%
2005	2.27%	9.23%
2006	2.19%	9.4%
2007	2.11%	9.47%
2008	2.04%	9.34%
2009	1.98%	9.03%
2010	1.91%	8.5%
2011	1.85%	7.88%
2012	1.79%	7.14%
2013	1.73%	6.55%
2014	1.68%	6.18%
2015	1.62%	5.98%
2016	1.57%	5.69%
2017	1.52%	5.5%
2018	1.47%	5.23%
2019	1.42%	5.11%
2020	1.38%	5.01%
2021	1.33%	4.76%
2022	1.29%	4.6%
2023	1.25%	4.42%