Fertility in Northern America, 2016

Northern America
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.78 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 4,337,858 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
4,337,858
Births per 1,000 people
11.9
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
365,658,209
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%3,031
15-1919.15.3%216,080
20-2470.419.7%843,530
25-29100.428.1%1,261,484
30-34102.528.7%1,257,999
35-3952.914.8%622,546
40-4411.23.1%124,066
45-490.80.2%8,940
50-540.00.0%174