Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 1989

United States of America
1989
Total fertility rate: 2.01
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 2.01 children per woman in 1989 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 4,097,527 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
4,097,527
Births per 1,000 people
16.3
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
250,675,053
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%13,771
15-1958.814.5%507,741
20-24113.127.9%1,071,896
25-29118.029.1%1,289,765
30-3477.819.2%860,039
35-3930.57.5%305,206
40-445.41.3%47,780
45-490.20.0%1,329
50-540.00.0%0