United States birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in the United States chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in the United States was 1.62 in 2023 and has been below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman since 2008. In 1993, the fertility rate was 2.02 — a -20% decline in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	United States	World
1960	3.65	4.69
1961	3.62	4.56
1962	3.46	5.02
1963	3.32	5.31
1964	3.19	5.13
1965	2.91	5.08
1966	2.72	4.97
1967	2.56	4.87
1968	2.46	4.98
1969	2.46	4.88
1970	2.48	4.84
1971	2.27	4.69
1972	2.01	4.55
1973	1.88	4.42
1974	1.84	4.26
1975	1.77	4.07
1976	1.74	3.97
1977	1.79	3.84
1978	1.76	3.77
1979	1.81	3.76
1980	1.84	3.73
1981	1.81	3.71
1982	1.83	3.72
1983	1.8	3.59
1984	1.81	3.57
1985	1.84	3.53
1986	1.84	3.51
1987	1.87	3.48
1988	1.93	3.39
1989	2.01	3.35
1990	2.08	3.31
1991	2.06	3.13
1992	2.05	3.04
1993	2.02	2.97
1994	2	2.92
1995	1.98	2.87
1996	1.98	2.82
1997	1.97	2.78
1998	2	2.75
1999	2.01	2.72
2000	2.06	2.73
2001	2.03	2.69
2002	2.02	2.66
2003	2.05	2.64
2004	2.05	2.63
2005	2.06	2.61
2006	2.11	2.61
2007	2.12	2.6
2008	2.07	2.6
2009	2	2.59
2010	1.93	2.57
2011	1.89	2.55
2012	1.88	2.56
2013	1.86	2.53
2014	1.86	2.52
2015	1.84	2.49
2016	1.82	2.49
2017	1.77	2.46
2018	1.73	2.39
2019	1.71	2.35
2020	1.64	2.28
2021	1.66	2.25
2022	1.66	2.22
2023	1.62	2.2
2024	1.62	2.19
2025	1.62	2.18
2026	1.62	2.18
2027	1.62	2.17
2028	1.62	2.16
2029	1.62	2.15
2030	1.62	2.14
2031	1.62	2.13
2032	1.62	2.12
2033	1.63	2.12
2034	1.62	2.11
2035	1.63	2.1
2036	1.63	2.09
2037	1.63	2.09
2038	1.63	2.08
2039	1.63	2.08
2040	1.63	2.08
2041	1.63	2.07
2042	1.63	2.07
2043	1.63	2.07
2044	1.63	2.07
2045	1.64	2.06
2046	1.64	2.06
2047	1.63	2.06
2048	1.64	2.05
2049	1.63	2.05
2050	1.64	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 3.58% were to women under 20 years old, 43.9% to women ages 20-29, and 52.5% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 12.4%, 57%, and 30.6% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in the United States by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	United States	World
1960	31.3%	37.4%
1961	31.4%	37.5%
1962	31.3%	37.6%
1963	31.1%	37.8%
1964	30.9%	38%
1965	30.7%	38%
1966	30.4%	38%
1967	30%	38%
1968	29.5%	37.9%
1969	29%	37.8%
1970	28.6%	37.7%
1971	28%	37.6%
1972	27.4%	37.5%
1973	26.6%	37.3%
1974	25.9%	37.2%
1975	25.2%	37.1%
1976	24.4%	36.9%
1977	23.8%	36.7%
1978	23.2%	36.3%
1979	22.8%	35.9%
1980	22.4%	35.5%
1981	22.1%	35.2%
1982	22%	34.9%
1983	21.8%	34.6%
1984	21.7%	34.3%
1985	21.5%	34%
1986	21.3%	33.8%
1987	21.3%	33.6%
1988	21.3%	33.4%
1989	21.5%	33.2%
1990	21.6%	33%
1991	21.7%	32.9%
1992	21.8%	32.7%
1993	21.9%	32.5%
1994	21.9%	32.3%
1995	21.8%	32.1%
1996	21.7%	31.8%
1997	21.5%	31.5%
1998	21.4%	31.1%
1999	21.3%	30.8%
2000	21.2%	30.4%
2001	21%	30%
2002	20.9%	29.6%
2003	20.7%	29.2%
2004	20.5%	28.8%
2005	20.3%	28.5%
2006	20.2%	28.1%
2007	20%	27.9%
2008	19.9%	27.6%
2009	19.8%	27.5%
2010	19.7%	27.3%
2011	19.6%	27.1%
2012	19.5%	27%
2013	19.4%	26.9%
2014	19.3%	26.8%
2015	19.2%	26.6%
2016	19.1%	26.5%
2017	18.9%	26.4%
2018	18.8%	26.2%
2019	18.6%	26%
2020	18.4%	25.8%
2021	18.1%	25.6%
2022	17.9%	25.3%
2023	17.6%	25%
2024	17.3%	24.7%
2025	17.1%	24.4%
2026	16.9%	24.1%
2027	16.7%	23.8%
2028	16.6%	23.4%
2029	16.4%	23.1%
2030	16.3%	22.8%
2031	16.1%	22.6%
2032	16%	22.3%
2033	16%	22.1%
2034	15.9%	21.9%
2035	15.9%	21.7%
2036	15.9%	21.6%
2037	15.9%	21.5%
2038	15.9%	21.4%
2039	15.9%	21.3%
2040	15.9%	21.2%
2041	16%	21.1%
2042	16%	21%
2043	16%	21%
2044	16%	20.9%
2045	16%	20.8%
2046	16%	20.7%
2047	16%	20.7%
2048	16%	20.6%
2049	15.9%	20.5%
2050	15.9%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in the United States was 31.3% in 1960, 21.9% in 1993, and 17.3% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of the United States.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in the United States, excluding migration, has been +0.25% annually. On average, 800,586 more people were born each year than died.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	United States
1960	2,565,530
1961	2,571,681
1962	2,406,337
1963	2,289,826
1964	2,245,099
1965	1,943,030
1966	1,749,387
1967	1,669,181
1968	1,565,507
1969	1,702,487
1970	1,824,965
1971	1,640,519
1972	1,301,355
1973	1,165,499
1974	1,218,968
1975	1,252,644
1976	1,264,604
1977	1,431,556
1978	1,402,283
1979	1,597,894
1980	1,608,450
1981	1,652,153
1982	1,714,317
1983	1,636,544
1984	1,627,192
1985	1,689,258
1986	1,656,917
1987	1,720,252
1988	1,735,943
1989	1,875,826
1990	2,026,068
1991	1,926,543
1992	1,875,328
1993	1,717,685
1994	1,633,302
1995	1,546,031
1996	1,510,137
1997	1,501,014
1998	1,573,857
1999	1,564,050
2000	1,664,758
2001	1,595,826
2002	1,581,938
2003	1,653,615
2004	1,698,271
2005	1,684,445
2006	1,849,955
2007	1,897,757
2008	1,794,154
2009	1,717,920
2010	1,548,182
2011	1,441,697
2012	1,411,822
2013	1,322,711
2014	1,357,281
2015	1,270,126
2016	1,197,627
2017	1,028,037
2018	955,022
2019	887,476
2020	208,862
2021	199,137
2022	399,926
2023	502,372

Maternal mortality chart

The maternal mortality rate in the United States was 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.02% chance of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination. This is a +41.7% increase compared to the year 2000.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	United States	World
1985	11	460
1986	11	438
1987	11	429
1988	12	414
1989	12	401
1990	12	391
1991	12	395
1992	11	395
1993	12	389
1994	11	382
1995	12	371
1996	11	366
1997	11	358
1998	11	360
1999	12	340
2000	12	328
2001	13	321
2002	13	311
2003	13	301
2004	13	291
2005	13	283
2006	13	276
2007	13	269
2008	14	264
2009	15	258
2010	15	253
2011	15	247
2012	16	239
2013	16	235
2014	17	231
2015	17	228
2016	18	220
2017	18	215
2018	18	211
2019	18	207
2020	22	211
2021	31	242
2022	20	203
2023	17	197

Under-five mortality rate chart

The under-5 mortality rate in the United States was 6.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.65% chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five. This is down from 8.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	United States	World
1960	3.01%	18.5%
1961	2.95%	18.1%
1962	2.89%	17.8%
1963	2.83%	17.5%
1964	2.77%	17.7%
1965	2.71%	17.5%
1966	2.64%	17.3%
1967	2.57%	17%
1968	2.49%	16.5%
1969	2.41%	15.5%
1970	2.32%	15.2%
1971	2.24%	15.1%
1972	2.15%	14.4%
1973	2.06%	14.1%
1974	1.97%	13.7%
1975	1.88%	13.4%
1976	1.79%	13%
1977	1.71%	12.5%
1978	1.63%	12.1%
1979	1.56%	11.7%
1980	1.5%	11.4%
1981	1.44%	11%
1982	1.39%	10.8%
1983	1.34%	10.6%
1984	1.3%	10.4%
1985	1.27%	10.1%
1986	1.24%	9.81%
1987	1.21%	9.47%
1988	1.19%	9.31%
1989	1.16%	9.02%
1990	1.12%	8.81%
1991	1.09%	8.66%
1992	1.05%	8.46%
1993	1.01%	8.19%
1994	0.98%	7.98%
1995	0.95%	7.76%
1996	0.92%	7.52%
1997	0.89%	7.28%
1998	0.87%	7.05%
1999	0.86%	6.76%
2000	0.84%	6.48%
2001	0.83%	6.21%
2002	0.82%	5.94%
2003	0.81%	5.65%
2004	0.81%	5.43%
2005	0.8%	5.16%
2006	0.79%	4.92%
2007	0.77%	4.7%
2008	0.76%	4.5%
2009	0.75%	4.31%
2010	0.73%	4.11%
2011	0.72%	3.97%
2012	0.7%	3.77%
2013	0.69%	3.61%
2014	0.68%	3.48%
2015	0.68%	3.35%
2016	0.67%	3.23%
2017	0.66%	3.11%
2018	0.65%	2.97%
2019	0.65%	2.86%
2020	0.65%	2.75%
2021	0.65%	2.66%
2022	0.65%	2.59%
2023	0.65%	2.49%