Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 1988

United States of America
1988
Total fertility rate: 1.94
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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 1.94 children per woman in 1988 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 3,984,018 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
3,984,018
Births per 1,000 people
16.0
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
248,393,235
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
10-141.70.4%13,167
15-1954.614.0%480,924
20-24110.228.2%1,072,599
25-29115.129.4%1,269,674
30-3475.319.3%822,148
35-3928.87.4%281,570
40-445.11.3%42,710
45-490.20.0%1,228
50-540.00.0%0