Fertility in United States of America, 2005

United States of America
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 2.04 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 4,055,468 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
4,055,468
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
295,716,664
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
10-140.80.2%8,361
15-1939.59.7%405,461
20-24101.725.0%1,032,871
25-29115.228.3%1,118,661
30-3494.723.3%915,724
35-3945.611.2%467,416
40-449.02.2%101,045
45-490.50.1%5,852
50-540.00.0%74