Total fertility rate: Mexican states ranked (2025)
Measure: Fertility and birth rates: Total fertility rate (children per woman). All 32 estados with data in Fertility and birth rates by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.
National value: 1.86 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 1.38 to 1.65
- Group 2: 1.65 to 1.76
- Group 3: 1.76 to 1.9
- Group 4: 1.9 to 2.02
- Highest: 2.02 to 2.77
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.
| 1 | Chiapas | 2.77 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Zacatecas | 2.3 |
| 3 | Puebla | 2.22 |
| 4 | Guerrero | 2.19 |
| 4 | Oaxaca | 2.19 |
| 6 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 2.17 |
| 7 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 2.02 |
| 7 | Tlaxcala | 2.02 |
| 9 | Aguascalientes | 1.99 |
| 9 | San Luis Potosí | 1.99 |
| 11 | Nuevo León | 1.98 |
| 12 | Jalisco | 1.9 |
| 12 | Tabasco | 1.9 |
| 14 | Guanajuato | 1.88 |
| 15 | Tamaulipas | 1.84 |
| 16 | Durango | 1.81 |
| 17 | Nayarit | 1.78 |
| 17 | Sinaloa | 1.78 |
| 19 | Sonora | 1.77 |
| 20 | Querétaro | 1.76 |
| 20 | Quintana Roo | 1.76 |
| 22 | Chihuahua | 1.73 |
| 23 | Baja California Sur | 1.71 |
| 24 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 1.66 |
| 25 | México | 1.65 |
| 25 | Morelos | 1.65 |
| 27 | Colima | 1.63 |
| 28 | Campeche | 1.6 |
| 29 | Hidalgo | 1.59 |
| 30 | Yucatán | 1.57 |
| 31 | Baja California | 1.54 |
| 32 | Ciudad de México | 1.38 |
Source: CONAPO (Consejo Nacional de Población), Proyecciones de la Población de México y de las Entidades Federativas 2020–2070: Indicadores demográficos 1950–2070 (file 05_Indicadores_demograficos_proyecciones.csv), year 2025. Reference period: 2025.
Cite this ranking
Mexican estados ranked by fertility and birth rates: Total fertility rate (children per woman) (2025). Data: CONAPO (Consejo Nacional de Población), Proyecciones de la Población de México y de las Entidades Federativas 2020–2070, Indicadores demográficos 1950–2070 (05_Indicadores_demograficos_proyecciones.csv), year 2025; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-fertility-and-birth-rates-total-fertility-rate-children-per-woman/