Fertility in United States of America, 2023

United States of America
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 3,657,476 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
3,657,476
Births per 1,000 people
10.6
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
343,477,335
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%1,884
15-1913.14.0%143,762
20-2458.918.1%636,576
25-2991.328.1%999,647
30-3494.829.2%1,120,747
35-3953.416.4%609,407
40-4412.23.8%135,451
45-491.00.3%9,849
50-540.00.0%154