Fertility in United States of America, 2019

United States of America
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 1.68 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (97 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 3,772,693 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
3,772,693
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
337,790,067
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
10-140.20.1%2,440
15-1916.24.8%172,214
20-2465.819.5%701,729
25-2993.427.7%1,080,206
30-3496.928.7%1,105,424
35-3952.115.4%579,703
40-4411.93.5%122,130
45-490.80.3%8,677
50-540.00.0%173