Fertility in United States of America, 2015

United States of America
2015
Total fertility rate: 1.83
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 1.83 children per woman in 2015 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 3,982,193 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.83
Births
3,982,193
Births per 1,000 people
12.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
326,126,497
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
10-140.30.1%3,324
15-1922.06.0%225,274
20-2476.720.9%841,648
25-29103.528.2%1,156,343
30-34101.227.6%1,106,682
35-3951.814.1%533,448
40-4410.72.9%107,416
45-490.80.2%7,871
50-540.00.0%187