Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 1965

Northern America
1965
Total fertility rate: 2.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 2.99 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 4,299,402 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.99
Births
4,299,402
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
215,430,546
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
10-141.00.2%10,207
15-1968.811.5%648,203
20-24199.233.4%1,512,110
25-29165.727.8%1,069,954
30-3498.016.4%623,193
35-3948.68.2%330,778
40-4414.02.3%98,595
45-491.00.2%6,299
50-540.00.0%57