Fertility in United States of America, 2016

United States of America
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of United States of America was 1.80 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 3,952,809 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.80
Births
3,952,809
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
329,179,426
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%2,950
15-1920.15.6%207,266
20-2473.720.4%797,888
25-29101.428.1%1,151,925
30-34101.628.1%1,121,291
35-3952.414.5%552,844
40-4411.13.1%110,394
45-490.80.2%8,073
50-540.00.0%174