Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 2028

Northern America
2028
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America is projected at 1.60 children per woman in 2028 — 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 30.5 years old. In total, 4,053,844 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
4,053,844
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
393,614,554
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%1,317
15-199.73.0%113,131
20-2449.515.5%643,149
25-2987.827.5%1,108,159
30-3499.531.2%1,232,823
35-3958.118.2%768,734
40-4413.44.2%171,746
45-491.20.4%14,544
50-540.00.0%231