Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 2027

Northern America
2027
Total fertility rate: 1.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America is projected at 1.59 children per woman in 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.4 years old. In total, 4,039,829 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
4,039,829
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
391,635,882
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%1,414
15-1910.23.2%121,369
20-2450.615.9%644,845
25-2987.827.5%1,094,580
30-3498.530.9%1,235,004
35-3957.418.0%760,778
40-4413.24.1%167,631
45-491.10.4%13,990
50-540.00.0%216