The fertility rate of a country is the average number of children that women from that country will have throughout their reproductive years. In 1900, Mexican women of childbearing age would go on to have approximately 6.8 children on average over the course of their lifetime, however this number dropped to 5.6 by 1920, partly because of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). The fertility rate increased again over the course of the next sixty years, reaching 6.8 in the 1950s and 1960s, during the worldwide baby boom. However, Mexico's fertility rate has been decreasing steadily since 1970, and is expected to reach it's lowest figure ever in 2020, where the fertility rate will be 2.1 children per woman.
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Total fertility rate in Mexico from 1900 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033405/fertility-rate-mexico-1900-2020/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Total fertility rate in Mexico from 1900 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033405/fertility-rate-mexico-1900-2020/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Total fertility rate in Mexico from 1900 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033405/fertility-rate-mexico-1900-2020/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Total Fertility Rate in Mexico from 1900 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033405/fertility-rate-mexico-1900-2020/
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