Fertility in Northern America, 2023

Northern America
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 1.60 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 4,015,559 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
4,015,559
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
382,902,742
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%1,926
15-1912.43.9%148,820
20-2455.717.4%667,602
25-2989.428.0%1,094,402
30-3495.429.8%1,257,959
35-3953.516.7%682,807
40-4412.23.8%150,792
45-491.00.3%11,086
50-540.00.0%169