Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 1996

United States of America
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.96
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 1.96 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 3,824,283 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
3,824,283
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
270,860,696
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
10-141.50.4%14,270
15-1952.613.4%475,256
20-24106.227.2%932,916
25-29107.627.5%1,050,758
30-3481.020.7%878,611
35-3934.98.9%396,453
40-446.91.8%72,966
45-490.30.1%3,052
50-540.00.0%0