Fertility in United States of America, 2001

United States of America
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 2.01 children per woman in 2001 — 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 27.5 years old. In total, 3,930,346 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
3,930,346
Births per 1,000 people
13.8
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
284,279,638
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
10-141.00.2%9,854
15-1945.011.2%440,874
20-24104.726.1%1,002,050
25-29112.127.9%1,031,730
30-3490.822.6%912,854
35-3939.89.9%436,566
40-448.12.0%91,707
45-490.40.1%4,619
50-540.00.0%92