Fertility in United States of America, 2022

United States of America
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 1.67 children per woman in 2022 — 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 29.9 years old. In total, 3,750,379 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.67
Births
3,750,379
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
341,534,046
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%2,162
15-1913.64.1%147,668
20-2460.718.2%653,989
25-2993.528.0%1,034,754
30-3497.129.1%1,145,337
35-3954.816.4%619,925
40-4412.63.8%137,224
45-490.90.3%9,216
50-540.00.0%103