Fertility in United States of America, 1955

United States of America
1955
Total fertility rate: 3.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 3.52 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (238 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 4,094,908 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.52
Births
4,094,908
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
166,200,024
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%7,205
15-1986.812.4%485,548
20-24237.733.9%1,303,633
25-29187.226.7%1,127,074
30-34114.316.3%730,641
35-3957.78.2%347,403
40-4415.62.2%88,273
45-491.00.1%4,893
50-540.10.0%241