Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 1954

United States of America
1954
Total fertility rate: 3.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of United States of America was 3.48 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (232 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 4,069,617 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.48
Births
4,069,617
Births per 1,000 people
24.9
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
163,636,309
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%6,973
15-1987.012.5%479,495
20-24231.533.4%1,282,153
25-29186.426.9%1,141,357
30-34114.016.4%725,606
35-3957.48.3%341,211
40-4415.72.3%87,791
45-491.00.1%4,840
50-540.00.0%191