Fertility in United States of America, 1961

United States of America
1961
Total fertility rate: 3.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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 3.69 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 4,379,242 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.69
Births
4,379,242
Births per 1,000 people
23.9
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
183,489,485
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
10-141.10.1%9,464
15-1987.011.8%607,852
20-24256.034.8%1,477,747
25-29201.527.4%1,122,025
30-34115.715.7%692,652
35-3956.87.7%364,758
40-4416.22.2%99,061
45-490.90.1%5,303
50-540.10.0%381