Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 2007

Northern America
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 2.05 children per woman in 2007 — 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 28.1 years old. In total, 4,601,611 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
4,601,611
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
335,062,237
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%7,776
15-1938.39.3%446,749
20-2499.524.2%1,135,127
25-29115.528.1%1,302,809
30-3499.724.3%1,055,017
35-3947.111.5%536,843
40-449.12.2%110,373
45-490.50.1%6,811
50-540.00.0%104