Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and United States

Fertility rate in Georgia vs United States chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Georgia was 1.81 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Georgia vs the United States population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Georgia	United States
1960	2.94	3.65
1961	2.94	3.62
1962	2.94	3.46
1963	2.95	3.32
1964	2.89	3.19
1965	2.77	2.91
1966	2.73	2.72
1967	2.74	2.56
1968	2.69	2.46
1969	2.69	2.46
1970	2.7	2.48
1971	2.71	2.27
1972	2.67	2.01
1973	2.62	1.88
1974	2.57	1.84
1975	2.55	1.77
1976	2.51	1.74
1977	2.44	1.79
1978	2.42	1.76
1979	2.38	1.81
1980	2.35	1.84
1981	2.33	1.81
1982	2.31	1.83
1983	2.34	1.8
1984	2.38	1.81
1985	2.4	1.84
1986	2.38	1.84
1987	2.32	1.87
1988	2.32	1.93
1989	2.32	2.01
1990	2.31	2.08
1991	2.21	2.06
1992	2.05	2.05
1993	1.91	2.02
1994	1.84	2
1995	1.81	1.98
1996	1.76	1.98
1997	1.73	1.97
1998	1.7	2
1999	1.64	2.01
2000	1.61	2.06
2001	1.58	2.03
2002	1.57	2.02
2003	1.55	2.05
2004	1.57	2.05
2005	1.58	2.06
2006	1.62	2.11
2007	1.7	2.12
2008	1.83	2.07
2009	1.99	2
2010	1.97	1.93
2011	1.92	1.89
2012	1.93	1.88
2013	1.99	1.86
2014	2.18	1.86
2015	2.21	1.84
2016	2.23	1.82
2017	2.14	1.77
2018	2.09	1.73
2019	2.02	1.71
2020	1.98	1.64
2021	1.98	1.66
2022	1.82	1.66
2023	1.81	1.62
2024	1.8	1.62
2025	1.79	1.62
2026	1.78	1.62
2027	1.77	1.62
2028	1.76	1.62
2029	1.75	1.62
2030	1.75	1.62
2031	1.75	1.62
2032	1.74	1.62
2033	1.74	1.63
2034	1.73	1.62
2035	1.73	1.63
2036	1.73	1.63
2037	1.73	1.63
2038	1.72	1.63
2039	1.72	1.63
2040	1.72	1.63
2041	1.72	1.63
2042	1.72	1.63
2043	1.72	1.63
2044	1.72	1.63
2045	1.71	1.64
2046	1.71	1.64
2047	1.71	1.63
2048	1.71	1.64
2049	1.71	1.63
2050	1.71	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	United States
1960	28.7%	31.3%
1961	29.3%	31.4%
1962	29.7%	31.3%
1963	29.9%	31.1%
1964	30%	30.9%
1965	30%	30.7%
1966	30.2%	30.4%
1967	30.5%	30%
1968	30.7%	29.5%
1969	30.8%	29%
1970	30.5%	28.6%
1971	30%	28%
1972	29.5%	27.4%
1973	29%	26.6%
1974	28.4%	25.9%
1975	27.8%	25.2%
1976	27.3%	24.4%
1977	26.7%	23.8%
1978	26.2%	23.2%
1979	25.7%	22.8%
1980	25.4%	22.4%
1981	25.2%	22.1%
1982	25.1%	22%
1983	25.1%	21.8%
1984	25.1%	21.7%
1985	25.2%	21.5%
1986	25.4%	21.3%
1987	25.5%	21.3%
1988	25.5%	21.3%
1989	25.5%	21.5%
1990	25.5%	21.6%
1991	25.6%	21.7%
1992	25.5%	21.8%
1993	25.4%	21.9%
1994	25.2%	21.9%
1995	24.9%	21.8%
1996	24.6%	21.7%
1997	24.1%	21.5%
1998	23.6%	21.4%
1999	23%	21.3%
2000	22.4%	21.2%
2001	21.7%	21%
2002	21%	20.9%
2003	20.5%	20.7%
2004	19.9%	20.5%
2005	19.3%	20.3%
2006	18.8%	20.2%
2007	18.5%	20%
2008	18.3%	19.9%
2009	18.4%	19.8%
2010	18.6%	19.7%
2011	18.6%	19.6%
2012	18.7%	19.5%
2013	18.8%	19.4%
2014	19%	19.3%
2015	19.4%	19.2%
2016	19.8%	19.1%
2017	20.2%	18.9%
2018	20.5%	18.8%
2019	20.8%	18.6%
2020	21%	18.4%
2021	21.2%	18.1%
2022	21.2%	17.9%
2023	21%	17.6%
2024	20.8%	17.3%
2025	20.5%	17.1%
2026	20.2%	16.9%
2027	19.9%	16.7%
2028	19.5%	16.6%
2029	19%	16.4%
2030	18.5%	16.3%
2031	18%	16.1%
2032	17.6%	16%
2033	17.2%	16%
2034	16.9%	15.9%
2035	16.6%	15.9%
2036	16.4%	15.9%
2037	16.2%	15.9%
2038	16.2%	15.9%
2039	16.1%	15.9%
2040	16.1%	15.9%
2041	16.2%	16%
2042	16.2%	16%
2043	16.3%	16%
2044	16.4%	16%
2045	16.4%	16%
2046	16.5%	16%
2047	16.6%	16%
2048	16.7%	16%
2049	16.8%	15.9%
2050	16.8%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia and +0.25% in the United States. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Georgia	United States
1960	51,640	2,565,530
1961	52,284	2,571,681
1962	51,903	2,406,337
1963	51,456	2,289,826
1964	48,429	2,245,099
1965	43,463	1,943,030
1966	40,905	1,749,387
1967	40,070	1,669,181
1968	37,840	1,565,507
1969	37,764	1,702,487
1970	38,731	1,824,965
1971	38,953	1,640,519
1972	38,832	1,301,355
1973	38,259	1,165,499
1974	38,071	1,218,968
1975	39,331	1,252,644
1976	39,964	1,264,604
1977	40,023	1,431,556
1978	41,616	1,402,283
1979	42,863	1,597,894
1980	44,114	1,608,450
1981	46,185	1,652,153
1982	47,363	1,714,317
1983	48,496	1,636,544
1984	48,523	1,627,192
1985	49,786	1,689,258
1986	48,960	1,656,917
1987	45,561	1,720,252
1988	42,810	1,735,943
1989	41,510	1,875,826
1990	40,169	2,026,068
1991	32,932	1,926,543
1992	24,226	1,875,328
1993	18,303	1,717,685
1994	17,279	1,633,302
1995	17,644	1,546,031
1996	18,304	1,510,137
1997	11,862	1,501,014
1998	9,823	1,573,857
1999	6,901	1,564,050
2000	4,681	1,664,758
2001	3,445	1,595,826
2002	2,228	1,581,938
2003	2,482	1,653,615
2004	283	1,698,271
2005	1,604	1,684,445
2006	2,146	1,849,955
2007	3,551	1,897,757
2008	7,974	1,794,154
2009	12,210	1,717,920
2010	10,501	1,548,182
2011	8,989	1,441,697
2012	8,584	1,411,822
2013	10,145	1,322,711
2014	13,089	1,357,281
2015	13,105	1,270,126
2016	11,346	1,197,627
2017	8,391	1,028,037
2018	8,407	955,022
2019	5,606	887,476
2020	335	208,862
2021	-9,127	199,137
2022	-2,224	399,926
2023	-1,282	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs United States

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Georgia, compared to 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	United States
1985	34	11
1986	34	11
1987	32	11
1988	33	12
1989	36	12
1990	34	12
1991	36	12
1992	38	11
1993	40	12
1994	40	11
1995	41	12
1996	35	11
1997	45	11
1998	43	11
1999	41	12
2000	43	12
2001	45	13
2002	46	13
2003	42	13
2004	43	13
2005	53	13
2006	45	13
2007	52	13
2008	54	14
2009	56	15
2010	41	15
2011	37	15
2012	35	16
2013	34	16
2014	32	17
2015	30	17
2016	28	18
2017	27	18
2018	24	18
2019	22	18
2020	30	22
2021	60	31
2022	22	20
2023	20	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia and 0.65% in the United States. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Georgia	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	-	2.24%
1972	-	2.15%
1973	-	2.06%
1974	-	1.97%
1975	7.12%	1.88%
1976	6.86%	1.79%
1977	6.61%	1.71%
1978	6.36%	1.63%
1979	6.13%	1.56%
1980	5.9%	1.5%
1981	5.69%	1.44%
1982	5.49%	1.39%
1983	5.31%	1.34%
1984	5.16%	1.3%
1985	5.04%	1.27%
1986	4.94%	1.24%
1987	4.87%	1.21%
1988	4.82%	1.19%
1989	4.78%	1.16%
1990	4.75%	1.12%
1991	4.72%	1.09%
1992	4.68%	1.05%
1993	4.63%	1.01%
1994	4.56%	0.98%
1995	4.47%	0.95%
1996	4.36%	0.92%
1997	4.22%	0.89%
1998	4.05%	0.87%
1999	3.85%	0.86%
2000	3.63%	0.84%
2001	3.39%	0.83%
2002	3.13%	0.82%
2003	2.87%	0.81%
2004	2.6%	0.81%
2005	2.35%	0.8%
2006	2.12%	0.79%
2007	1.9%	0.77%
2008	1.72%	0.76%
2009	1.55%	0.75%
2010	1.41%	0.73%
2011	1.3%	0.72%
2012	1.21%	0.7%
2013	1.14%	0.69%
2014	1.09%	0.68%
2015	1.05%	0.68%
2016	1.02%	0.67%
2017	1%	0.66%
2018	0.98%	0.65%
2019	0.97%	0.65%
2020	0.96%	0.65%
2021	0.95%	0.65%
2022	0.93%	0.65%
2023	0.92%	0.65%