Fertility in Northern America, 2022

Northern America
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 1.64 children per woman in 2022 — 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 30.0 years old. In total, 4,106,409 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
4,106,409
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
380,481,775
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%2,210
15-1912.93.9%152,693
20-2457.417.5%684,993
25-2991.527.9%1,128,882
30-3497.529.8%1,281,417
35-3954.816.7%693,212
40-4412.53.8%152,440
45-490.90.3%10,435
50-540.00.0%118