Fertility in Northern America, 2005

Northern America
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.99 children per woman in 2005 — 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 28.0 years old. In total, 4,399,943 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
4,399,943
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
328,282,611
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
10-140.80.2%8,516
15-1937.09.3%419,595
20-2496.724.3%1,088,812
25-29113.628.6%1,224,774
30-3495.223.9%1,023,848
35-3945.311.4%517,191
40-448.82.2%110,832
45-490.50.1%6,291
50-540.00.0%86