Fertility in Northern America, 1950

Northern America
1950
Total fertility rate: 3.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 3.11 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (196 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 4,059,308 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.11
Births
4,059,308
Births per 1,000 people
24.2
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
168,009,338
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.10.2%6,460
15-1979.012.7%467,440
20-24196.131.5%1,280,498
25-29169.127.1%1,169,811
30-34105.817.0%696,347
35-3954.78.8%341,333
40-4416.22.6%91,722
45-491.10.2%5,552
50-540.00.0%141