Fertility in Northern America, 2021

Northern America
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.61 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (97 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 4,052,371 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.61
Births
4,052,371
Births per 1,000 people
10.7
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
378,741,966
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%2,577
15-1913.04.0%152,736
20-2457.117.6%680,146
25-2989.727.7%1,123,304
30-3497.030.0%1,264,957
35-3953.516.5%673,881
40-4412.13.7%144,380
45-490.90.3%10,217
50-540.00.0%174