Fertility in United States of America, 2020

United States of America
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 1.62 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 3,641,990 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
3,641,990
Births per 1,000 people
10.7
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
339,436,159
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%2,583
15-1914.74.5%157,671
20-2461.819.1%663,271
25-2990.027.8%1,031,575
30-3493.628.9%1,084,733
35-3950.815.7%570,377
40-4411.73.6%122,699
45-490.90.3%8,885
50-540.00.0%197