Fertility in United States of America (1950–2100)

United States of America
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.62
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 United States of America is projected at 1.62 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 (97 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 3,673,260 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
3,673,260
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
349,035,494
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%1,480
15-1911.43.5%124,949
20-2454.816.9%619,020
25-2990.427.8%993,733
30-3497.530.0%1,105,672
35-3956.817.5%669,068
40-4413.04.0%147,365
45-491.10.3%11,802
50-540.00.0%172