Fertility in Northern America, 2019

Northern America
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 1.66 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 4,146,437 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.66
Births
4,146,437
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
375,699,068
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
10-140.20.1%2,511
15-1915.34.6%178,836
20-2462.518.7%739,762
25-2992.227.6%1,183,378
30-3497.829.3%1,240,727
35-3952.715.8%653,898
40-4412.03.6%137,407
45-490.80.3%9,740
50-540.00.0%176