Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 2011

Northern America
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.86 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 4,323,035 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.86
Births
4,323,035
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
348,787,111
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
10-140.50.1%5,117
15-1929.98.0%342,978
20-2481.221.8%980,071
25-29105.528.4%1,247,640
30-3497.026.1%1,110,050
35-3946.912.6%509,922
40-4410.32.8%119,048
45-490.60.2%8,067
50-540.00.0%134