Fertility in Northern America, 2026

Northern America
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America is projected at 1.60 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.3 years old. In total, 4,035,819 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
4,035,819
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
389,628,823
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
10-140.10.0%1,513
15-1910.83.4%129,427
20-2451.816.2%646,708
25-2988.127.6%1,087,421
30-3497.730.6%1,245,403
35-3956.717.8%747,622
40-4412.94.0%164,154
45-491.10.3%13,367
50-540.00.0%200