Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 2014

United States of America
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 1.85 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 3,984,348 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
3,984,348
Births per 1,000 people
12.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
323,115,377
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
10-140.40.1%3,677
15-1924.26.5%246,045
20-2478.921.3%874,205
25-29104.928.3%1,153,279
30-34100.227.1%1,085,299
35-3950.713.7%509,600
40-4410.32.8%104,625
45-490.70.2%7,445
50-540.00.0%176