Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 2006

United States of America
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 2.09 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 4,179,497 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
4,179,497
Births per 1,000 people
14.0
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
298,730,210
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%8,026
15-1940.39.7%421,450
20-24104.725.1%1,071,917
25-29117.028.1%1,165,298
30-3497.123.3%922,551
35-3947.011.3%482,957
40-449.12.2%101,145
45-490.50.1%6,070
50-540.00.0%82