Fertility rate: Northern America (UN)
1.597 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 | 1.597 |
| 2022 | 1.636 |
| 2021 | 1.614 |
| 2020 | 1.596 |
| 2019 | 1.664 |
| 2018 | 1.695 |
| 2017 | 1.734 |
| 2016 | 1.784 |
| 2015 | 1.811 |
| 2014 | 1.826 |
| 2013 | 1.818 |
| 2012 | 1.84 |
| 2011 | 1.856 |
| 2010 | 1.89 |
| 2009 | 1.957 |
| 2008 | 2.018 |
| 2007 | 2.054 |
| 2006 | 2.041 |
| 2005 | 1.994 |
| 2004 | 1.984 |
| 2003 | 1.977 |
| 2002 | 1.955 |
| 2001 | 1.964 |
| 2000 | 1.979 |
| 1999 | 1.946 |
| 1998 | 1.938 |
| 1997 | 1.917 |
| 1996 | 1.928 |
| 1995 | 1.936 |
| 1994 | 1.959 |
| 1993 | 1.979 |
| 1992 | 2.008 |
| 1991 | 2.025 |
| 1990 | 2.034 |
| 1989 | 1.977 |
| 1988 | 1.907 |
| 1987 | 1.853 |
| 1986 | 1.825 |
| 1985 | 1.828 |
| 1984 | 1.804 |
| 1983 | 1.804 |
| 1982 | 1.831 |
| 1981 | 1.825 |
| 1980 | 1.84 |
| 1979 | 1.826 |
| 1978 | 1.792 |
| 1977 | 1.816 |
| 1976 | 1.782 |
| 1975 | 1.813 |
| 1974 | 1.866 |
| 1973 | 1.914 |
| 1972 | 2.045 |
| 1971 | 2.297 |
| 1970 | 2.491 |
| 1969 | 2.49 |
| 1968 | 2.499 |
| 1967 | 2.599 |
| 1966 | 2.768 |
| 1965 | 2.992 |
| 1964 | 3.274 |
| 1963 | 3.41 |
| 1962 | 3.547 |
| 1961 | 3.698 |
| 1960 | 3.74 |
| 1959 | 3.756 |
| 1958 | 3.758 |
| 1957 | 3.714 |
| 1956 | 3.635 |
| 1955 | 3.533 |
| 1954 | 3.496 |
| 1953 | 3.379 |
| 1952 | 3.31 |
| 1951 | 3.212 |
| 1950 | 3.105 |