Fertility in Northern America, 1980

Northern America
1980
Total fertility rate: 1.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.84 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 4,109,854 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.84
Births
4,109,854
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
254,502,386
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
10-141.40.4%13,744
15-1952.014.0%598,765
20-24114.230.8%1,373,302
25-29114.430.9%1,281,208
30-3463.917.3%650,169
35-3920.35.5%165,255
40-443.91.0%26,186
45-490.20.1%1,224
50-540.00.0%0