Fertility in United States of America, 1990

United States of America
1990
Total fertility rate: 2.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
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 2.07 children per woman in 1990 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 4,172,065 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.07
Births
4,172,065
Births per 1,000 people
16.5
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
253,373,387
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%14,223
15-1961.514.8%515,763
20-24115.527.7%1,077,276
25-29119.928.8%1,290,969
30-3480.419.3%895,345
35-3931.77.6%325,594
40-445.61.3%51,475
45-490.20.0%1,421
50-540.00.0%0