Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United States of America, 2042

United States of America
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United States of America is projected at 1.64 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.1 years old. In total, 3,925,344 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
3,925,344
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
372,704,772
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
10-140.00.0%450
15-195.91.8%56,605
20-2437.111.3%397,203
25-2993.828.5%1,122,786
30-34113.234.4%1,405,346
35-3963.219.2%767,220
40-4414.74.5%162,425
45-491.20.4%13,114
50-540.00.0%198