Fertility rate: United States
1.624 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 | 1.624 |
| 2022 | 1.665 |
| 2021 | 1.634 |
| 2020 | 1.616 |
| 2019 | 1.684 |
| 2018 | 1.715 |
| 2017 | 1.753 |
| 2016 | 1.804 |
| 2015 | 1.832 |
| 2014 | 1.848 |
| 2013 | 1.84 |
| 2012 | 1.862 |
| 2011 | 1.879 |
| 2010 | 1.916 |
| 2009 | 1.987 |
| 2008 | 2.053 |
| 2007 | 2.096 |
| 2006 | 2.087 |
| 2005 | 2.04 |
| 2004 | 2.031 |
| 2003 | 2.025 |
| 2002 | 2.003 |
| 2001 | 2.011 |
| 2000 | 2.03 |
| 1999 | 1.99 |
| 1998 | 1.98 |
| 1997 | 1.956 |
| 1996 | 1.96 |
| 1995 | 1.965 |
| 1994 | 1.988 |
| 1993 | 2.01 |
| 1992 | 2.039 |
| 1991 | 2.059 |
| 1990 | 2.072 |
| 1989 | 2.014 |
| 1988 | 1.942 |
| 1987 | 1.885 |
| 1986 | 1.852 |
| 1985 | 1.854 |
| 1984 | 1.827 |
| 1983 | 1.827 |
| 1982 | 1.855 |
| 1981 | 1.847 |
| 1980 | 1.861 |
| 1979 | 1.843 |
| 1978 | 1.804 |
| 1977 | 1.826 |
| 1976 | 1.785 |
| 1975 | 1.815 |
| 1974 | 1.872 |
| 1973 | 1.921 |
| 1972 | 2.057 |
| 1971 | 2.318 |
| 1970 | 2.515 |
| 1969 | 2.504 |
| 1968 | 2.508 |
| 1967 | 2.605 |
| 1966 | 2.769 |
| 1965 | 2.983 |
| 1964 | 3.258 |
| 1963 | 3.39 |
| 1962 | 3.533 |
| 1961 | 3.691 |
| 1960 | 3.732 |
| 1959 | 3.747 |
| 1958 | 3.754 |
| 1957 | 3.703 |
| 1956 | 3.624 |
| 1955 | 3.515 |
| 1954 | 3.475 |
| 1953 | 3.358 |
| 1952 | 3.29 |
| 1951 | 3.197 |
| 1950 | 3.086 |