Fertility in United States of America, 2024

United States of America
2024
Total fertility rate: 1.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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 is projected at 1.62 children per woman in 2024 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.0 years old. In total, 3,654,449 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
3,654,449
Births per 1,000 people
10.6
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
345,426,571
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%1,734
15-1912.43.8%136,376
20-2457.517.7%623,829
25-2990.928.0%988,962
30-3495.629.4%1,123,446
35-3954.616.8%629,738
40-4412.53.8%139,701
45-491.00.3%10,504
50-540.00.0%159