Mexico vs Nepal: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Mexico
1.87 children per women
in 2023
Nepal
1.91 children per women
in 2023
Mexico rank
120th
Nepal rank
117th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Mexico
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 1.91 children per women against 1.87 children per women in Mexico, a difference of 0.04 children per women.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 120th and Nepal ranks 117th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 3 and Nepal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.21 children per women | 3.44 children per women | 1.77 children per women | Mexico |
| 1960s | 5.75 children per women | 3.73 children per women | 2.02 children per women | Mexico |
| 1970s | 5.21 children per women | 4.02 children per women | 1.19 children per women | Mexico |
| 1980s | 3.83 children per women | 4.28 children per women | 0.446 children per women | Nepal |
| 1990s | 2.94 children per women | 4.13 children per women | 1.19 children per women | Nepal |
| 2000s | 2.44 children per women | 2.97 children per women | 0.5296 children per women | Nepal |
| 2010s | 2.11 children per women | 2.17 children per women | 0.055 children per women | Nepal |
| 2020s | 1.91 children per women | 1.93 children per women | 0.0238 children per women | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Mexico or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 1.91 children per women against 1.87 children per women in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Mexico and Nepal?
- 0.04 children per women, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Nepal?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Nepal rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Mexico ranks 120th and Nepal ranks 117th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).