Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 1993

United States of America
1993
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 2.01 children per woman in 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 3,970,052 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
3,970,052
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
262,633,231
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
10-141.80.4%15,756
15-1958.314.5%487,061
20-24110.627.5%1,020,732
25-29112.127.9%1,125,633
30-3479.719.8%895,234
35-3933.08.2%362,202
40-446.31.6%61,189
45-490.30.1%2,241
50-540.00.0%0