Mexico vs Palau: Fertility rate: births per woman
Mexico
1.91 live births per woman
in 2023
Palau
1.91 live births per woman
in 2023
Mexico rank
122nd
Palau rank
123rd
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Mexico
- Palau
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 1.91 live births per woman against 1.91 live births per woman in Palau, a difference of 0 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palau ahead.
Mexico ranks 122nd and Palau ranks 123rd of 236 regions.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 6 and Palau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.74 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 0.4292 live births per woman | Palau |
| 1960s | 6.77 live births per woman | 6.98 live births per woman | 0.2087 live births per woman | Palau |
| 1970s | 5.81 live births per woman | 5 live births per woman | 0.8064 live births per woman | Mexico |
| 1980s | 4.13 live births per woman | 3.08 live births per woman | 1.04 live births per woman | Mexico |
| 1990s | 3.09 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 0.6144 live births per woman | Mexico |
| 2000s | 2.53 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | 0.5834 live births per woman | Mexico |
| 2010s | 2.17 live births per woman | 2 live births per woman | 0.1721 live births per woman | Mexico |
| 2020s | 1.95 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | 0.0135 live births per woman | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Mexico or Palau?
- Mexico, at 1.91 live births per woman against 1.91 live births per woman in Palau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Mexico and Palau?
- 0 live births per woman, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Palau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Palau rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Mexico ranks 122nd and Palau ranks 123rd of 236 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.