Mexico's people: births, migration and work
How many children Mexican families have, how many Mexicans live in the USA and Canada, and how Mexico works, each told on its own page with its sources. Coming next: rooms on the population since 1521, the languages and the families.
← Slide the chart to see the earlier years
Total fertility rate, births per woman. Mexico: 1960 6.76; 1970 6.53; 1980 4.74; 1990 3.44; 2000 2.71; 2010 2.34; 2020 1.99; 2024 1.89. The USA: 3.65; 2.48; 1.84; 2.08; 2.06; 1.93; 1.64; 1.63. World Bank, from UN Population Division estimates.
Source: World Bank, Fertility rate, total (births per woman), SP.DYN.TFRT.IN, Mexico and the USA (updated 8 Oct 2026), read 31 October 2026. Link
Four pages on the people
Migration both ways
Mexicans living in the USA and Canada, and Americans and Canadians living in Mexico, from the UN's migrant stock.
Births: fertility since 1960
From 6.8 children per woman to under 2, against the USA, and the 1974 law that marked the turn.
Formal jobs since 2000
Workers insured with IMSS, year by year.
Working hours since 2005
How many hours Mexico works in a year, against the USA, and the 48-hour limit that falls toward 40 from 2027.
The chart comes from the post on fertility, where its sources and the full story are.