Fertility in Northern America, 2015

Northern America
2015
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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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-5 -1   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.81 children per woman in 2015 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 4,368,227 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
4,368,227
Births per 1,000 people
12.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
362,214,161
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
10-140.30.1%3,404
15-1920.95.8%235,179
20-2473.320.2%889,613
25-29102.428.2%1,267,022
30-34102.028.1%1,242,074
35-3952.314.4%601,135
40-4410.83.0%120,921
45-490.70.2%8,691
50-540.00.0%187