Fertility in Northern America, 2001

Northern America
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.96 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 4,265,692 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
4,265,692
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
315,617,768
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
10-140.90.2%10,022
15-1942.210.8%457,618
20-24100.025.5%1,060,656
25-29110.928.3%1,134,513
30-3490.823.1%1,014,664
35-3939.310.0%483,227
40-447.92.0%99,928
45-490.40.1%4,950
50-540.00.0%115