Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern America, 2042

Northern America
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America is projected at 1.61 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.2 years old. In total, 4,302,350 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.61
Births
4,302,350
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
31.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
417,144,020
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
10-140.00.0%477
15-195.61.7%60,324
20-2435.611.0%424,542
25-2991.528.3%1,218,211
30-34112.234.7%1,551,561
35-3962.719.4%850,007
40-4414.64.5%181,738
45-491.20.4%15,230
50-540.00.0%260