Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 1992

Northern America
1992
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1992  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 2.01 children per woman in 1992 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 4,454,302 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
4,454,302
Births per 1,000 people
15.5
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
288,226,643
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%15,738
15-1956.414.0%516,165
20-24109.527.2%1,130,850
25-29115.828.8%1,331,619
30-3480.320.0%1,008,180
35-3932.38.0%387,793
40-445.81.4%61,888
45-490.20.1%2,041
50-540.00.0%24