Fertility in United States of America, 2010

United States of America
2010
Total fertility rate: 1.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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 1.92 children per woman in 2010 — 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 28.3 years old. In total, 3,978,953 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.92
Births
3,978,953
Births per 1,000 people
12.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
311,062,790
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
10-140.60.1%5,471
15-1934.99.1%365,963
20-2489.123.2%954,796
25-29107.828.1%1,138,119
30-3495.624.9%957,737
35-3945.011.7%445,182
40-4410.12.6%104,309
45-490.60.2%7,257
50-540.00.0%120