Average children born alive: Mexican states ranked (2020)
Measure: Average children born alive (women 12+). All 32 estados with data in Average number of children born by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.
National value: 2.09 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 1.65 to 1.95
- Group 2: 1.95 to 2.06
- Group 3: 2.06 to 2.17
- Group 4: 2.17 to 2.3
- Highest: 2.3 to 2.54
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.
| 1 | Guerrero | 2.54 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Zacatecas | 2.46 |
| 3 | Oaxaca | 2.42 |
| 4 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 2.36 |
| 5 | Chiapas | 2.34 |
| 6 | Durango | 2.32 |
| 7 | Nayarit | 2.3 |
| 8 | San Luis Potosí | 2.29 |
| 9 | Guanajuato | 2.2 |
| 9 | Puebla | 2.2 |
| 11 | Sinaloa | 2.18 |
| 11 | Tabasco | 2.18 |
| 13 | Hidalgo | 2.17 |
| 14 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 2.16 |
| 15 | Tlaxcala | 2.13 |
| 16 | Aguascalientes | 2.11 |
| 17 | Campeche | 2.1 |
| 17 | Jalisco | 2.1 |
| 19 | Sonora | 2.07 |
| 20 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 2.06 |
| 20 | Colima | 2.06 |
| 20 | Morelos | 2.06 |
| 23 | Chihuahua | 2.04 |
| 24 | Tamaulipas | 2.01 |
| 25 | Yucatán | 1.98 |
| 26 | México | 1.95 |
| 27 | Querétaro | 1.93 |
| 28 | Baja California | 1.9 |
| 28 | Baja California Sur | 1.9 |
| 30 | Nuevo León | 1.88 |
| 31 | Quintana Roo | 1.76 |
| 32 | Ciudad de México | 1.65 |
Source: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), national and state totals. Reference period: 2020.
Cite this ranking
Mexican estados ranked by average children born alive (women 12+) (2020). Data: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-average-children-born-alive-women-12-plus/