Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 2006

Northern America
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 2.04 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 4,535,742 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
4,535,742
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
331,615,166
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
10-140.70.2%8,183
15-1937.89.3%436,000
20-2499.624.4%1,128,969
25-29115.428.3%1,274,649
30-3497.724.0%1,034,437
35-3946.911.5%535,854
40-448.92.2%111,024
45-490.50.1%6,530
50-540.00.0%92