Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 1966

Northern America
1966
Total fertility rate: 2.77
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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 2.77 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 4,120,509 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.77
Births
4,120,509
Births per 1,000 people
18.9
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
218,412,891
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%10,718
15-1969.812.6%679,726
20-24184.633.4%1,468,824
25-29152.727.6%1,012,742
30-3487.815.9%558,267
35-3943.97.9%295,435
40-4412.52.3%88,598
45-490.90.2%6,149
50-540.00.0%49