Fertility in Northern America, 2009

Northern America
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.96 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 4,471,020 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
4,471,020
Births per 1,000 people
13.1
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
341,975,941
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
10-140.60.1%6,228
15-1935.99.2%420,358
20-2491.223.3%1,064,606
25-29110.328.2%1,281,928
30-3497.825.0%1,067,969
35-3945.511.6%509,619
40-449.72.5%112,727
45-490.60.1%7,480
50-540.00.0%105