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Births per woman in United States

1960 – 2024 · 65 data points 20 of 42 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Births per woman, 1960 – 2024 children per woman · United States · World
−0.24 since 2014
United States World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Compared with Births per woman · children per woman
United States
1.63
World
2.19

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance United States · 1960 – 2024
Latest value 1.63 · 2024
First value 3.65 · 1960
Highest 3.65 · 1960
Lowest 1.62 · 2023
Data points 65

By year

All years · 1960 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange World
2024 1.63 +0.01 2.19
2023 1.62 −0.04 2.20
2022 1.66 −0.01 2.22
2021 1.66 +0.02 2.25
2020 1.64 −0.06 2.28
2019 1.71 −0.02 2.35
2018 1.73 −0.04 2.39
2017 1.77 −0.05 2.46
2016 1.82 −0.02 2.49
2015 1.84 −0.02 2.49
2014 1.86 +0.01 2.52
2013 1.86 −0.02 2.52
2012 1.88 −0.01 2.56
2011 1.89 −0.04 2.55
2010 1.93 −0.07 2.57
2009 2.00 −0.07 2.59
2008 2.07 −0.05 2.60
2007 2.12 +0.01 2.60
2006 2.11 +0.05 2.61
2005 2.06 +0.01 2.61
2004 2.05 +0.00 2.63
2003 2.05 +0.03 2.64
2002 2.02 −0.01 2.66
2001 2.03 −0.03 2.69
2000 2.06 +0.05 2.73
1999 2.01 +0.01 2.72
1998 2.00 +0.03 2.75
1997 1.97 −0.00 2.78
1996 1.98 −0.00 2.82
1995 1.98 −0.02 2.87
1994 2.00 −0.02 2.92
1993 2.02 −0.03 2.97
1992 2.05 −0.02 3.04
1991 2.06 −0.02 3.13
1990 2.08 +0.07 3.31
1989 2.01 +0.08 3.35
1988 1.93 +0.06 3.39
1987 1.87 +0.03 3.48
1986 1.84 −0.01 3.51
1985 1.84 +0.04 3.53
1984 1.81 +0.01 3.57
1983 1.80 −0.03 3.59
1982 1.83 +0.02 3.72
1981 1.81 −0.03 3.71
1980 1.84 +0.03 3.73
1979 1.81 +0.05 3.76
1978 1.76 −0.03 3.77
1977 1.79 +0.05 3.84
1976 1.74 −0.04 3.97
1975 1.77 −0.06 4.07
1974 1.84 −0.04 4.26
1973 1.88 −0.13 4.42
1972 2.01 −0.26 4.55
1971 2.27 −0.21 4.69
1970 2.48 +0.02 4.84
1969 2.46 −0.01 4.88
1968 2.46 −0.09 4.98
1967 2.56 −0.16 4.87
1966 2.72 −0.19 4.97
1965 2.91 −0.28 5.08
1964 3.19 −0.13 5.13
1963 3.32 −0.14 5.31
1962 3.46 −0.16 5.02
1961 3.62 −0.03 4.56
1960 3.65 4.69

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBirths per woman
42 South Korea 0.98
41 Hong Kong SAR China 1.08
40 Spain 1.26
39 Italy 1.31
38 Greece 1.35
37 Finland 1.41
36 Poland 1.46
35 Canada 1.51
34 Lithuania 1.53
33 China 1.54
32 Chile 1.54
31 Norway 1.56
30 Germany 1.57
29 Russia 1.58
28 Netherlands 1.59
27 United Kingdom 1.68
26 Czechia 1.71
25 Colombia 1.72
24 United States 1.73
23 Bulgaria 1.73
22 Brazil 1.74
21 Romania 1.76
20 France 1.87
19 Türkiye 2.00
18 Mexico 2.03
17 Argentina 2.07
16 Ecuador 2.11
15 India 2.18
14 Bangladesh 2.19
13 Indonesia 2.22
12 Lebanon 2.35
11 Philippines 2.38
10 Honduras 2.64
9 Saudi Arabia 2.67
8 Algeria 3.02
7 Egypt 3.02
6 Gabon 3.91
5 Sierra Leone 4.29
4 Liberia 4.34
3 Congo - Brazzaville 4.44
2 Yemen 4.61
1 Congo - Kinshasa 6.30

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

What it means

How many children a woman would have over her life at today's birth rates.

How it is calculated

Sum of the birth rates of women at each age in the year (total fertility rate).