Fertility in United States of America, 1959

United States of America
1959
Total fertility rate: 3.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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 3.75 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (262 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 4,349,362 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.75
Births
4,349,362
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
177,145,764
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
10-141.00.1%7,650
15-1986.811.7%560,786
20-24261.835.2%1,452,013
25-29201.627.1%1,134,685
30-34117.215.8%723,114
35-3958.27.8%371,307
40-4416.02.2%94,189
45-491.00.1%5,221
50-540.10.0%396