Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 1993

Northern America
1993
Total fertility rate: 1.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.98 children per woman in 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 4,364,745 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.98
Births
4,364,745
Births per 1,000 people
15.0
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
291,584,861
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%16,086
15-1954.913.9%510,935
20-24107.127.1%1,097,200
25-29112.728.5%1,263,937
30-3480.420.3%1,008,396
35-3932.78.3%399,602
40-446.11.5%66,187
45-490.30.1%2,371
50-540.00.0%23