Fertility rate: North America
1.7720436 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7720436 |
| 2022 | 1.8062992 |
| 2021 | 1.8073522 |
| 2020 | 1.8093059 |
| 2019 | 1.8635086 |
| 2018 | 1.8944266 |
| 2017 | 1.9253684 |
| 2016 | 1.9728338 |
| 2015 | 2.0081358 |
| 2014 | 2.0388033 |
| 2013 | 2.0513146 |
| 2012 | 2.075143 |
| 2011 | 2.0942779 |
| 2010 | 2.119871 |
| 2009 | 2.1684575 |
| 2008 | 2.209838 |
| 2007 | 2.2398806 |
| 2006 | 2.2452502 |
| 2005 | 2.2374172 |
| 2004 | 2.2513099 |
| 2003 | 2.2678351 |
| 2002 | 2.2772021 |
| 2001 | 2.301309 |
| 2000 | 2.3272805 |
| 1999 | 2.3214195 |
| 1998 | 2.3306787 |
| 1997 | 2.3392942 |
| 1996 | 2.3637447 |
| 1995 | 2.3889124 |
| 1994 | 2.4223242 |
| 1993 | 2.451382 |
| 1992 | 2.4855387 |
| 1991 | 2.5146444 |
| 1990 | 2.5432146 |
| 1989 | 2.5262873 |
| 1988 | 2.494193 |
| 1987 | 2.476652 |
| 1986 | 2.478307 |
| 1985 | 2.4970105 |
| 1984 | 2.4992476 |
| 1983 | 2.5176473 |
| 1982 | 2.5507786 |
| 1981 | 2.5603702 |
| 1980 | 2.5988743 |
| 1979 | 2.629843 |
| 1978 | 2.645372 |
| 1977 | 2.695135 |
| 1976 | 2.7066262 |
| 1975 | 2.7705348 |
| 1974 | 2.8557389 |
| 1973 | 2.9295118 |
| 1972 | 3.0577521 |
| 1971 | 3.267387 |
| 1970 | 3.4301722 |
| 1969 | 3.4575992 |
| 1968 | 3.4837909 |
| 1967 | 3.573783 |
| 1966 | 3.7089016 |
| 1965 | 3.8723707 |
| 1964 | 4.062967 |
| 1963 | 4.150096 |
| 1962 | 4.2417483 |
| 1961 | 4.340236 |
| 1960 | 4.3585887 |
| 1959 | 4.3489094 |
| 1958 | 4.3406005 |
| 1957 | 4.30163 |
| 1956 | 4.239658 |
| 1955 | 4.1587663 |
| 1954 | 4.1252365 |
| 1953 | 4.028781 |
| 1952 | 3.9698787 |
| 1951 | 3.8898606 |
| 1950 | 3.8043504 |