Fertility in United States of America, 1975

United States of America
1975
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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 1.81 children per woman in 1975 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 3,309,291 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
3,309,291
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
219,129,301
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
10-141.60.5%16,634
15-1956.515.5%599,926
20-24114.531.5%1,131,970
25-29112.230.8%1,013,481
30-3454.314.9%396,542
35-3919.85.5%121,102
40-444.71.3%27,415
45-490.40.1%2,220
50-540.00.0%0