Fertility in United States of America, 1970

United States of America
1970
Total fertility rate: 2.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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 2.51 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (171 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 3,894,161 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.51
Births
3,894,161
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
207,796,339
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
10-141.40.3%14,565
15-1967.013.3%643,793
20-24170.634.0%1,493,126
25-29147.829.4%1,051,314
30-3474.214.8%446,502
35-3932.46.5%189,727
40-448.31.6%51,180
45-490.60.1%3,955
50-540.00.0%0