Fertility in Northern America, 1990

Northern America
1990
Total fertility rate: 2.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 2.03 children per woman in 1990 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 4,577,247 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
4,577,247
Births per 1,000 people
16.3
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
281,282,372
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
10-141.60.4%14,540
15-1957.914.1%539,847
20-24111.827.3%1,161,363
25-29120.129.4%1,447,148
30-3480.619.7%999,859
35-3931.37.7%357,521
40-445.41.3%55,463
45-490.20.0%1,509
50-540.00.0%0