Fertility in United States of America, 1950

United States of America
1950
Total fertility rate: 3.09
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 3.09 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 3,697,926 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.09
Births
3,697,926
Births per 1,000 people
24.0
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
154,202,680
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
10-141.10.2%6,329
15-1982.313.3%443,077
20-24197.731.9%1,180,601
25-29166.826.9%1,059,785
30-34103.016.6%624,094
35-3952.18.4%300,246
40-4415.12.4%79,102
45-491.00.2%4,579
50-540.00.0%113