Fertility in United States of America, 2000

United States of America
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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 2.03 children per woman in 2000 — 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 27.4 years old. In total, 3,956,650 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
3,956,650
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
281,484,131
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
10-141.10.3%10,674
15-1947.511.7%460,896
20-24107.426.5%999,920
25-29112.427.7%1,051,659
30-3489.622.1%900,237
35-3939.39.7%439,452
40-448.02.0%89,444
45-490.40.1%4,294
50-540.00.0%73