Fertility rate in North America
The fertility rate in North America was 1.59 births per woman in 2024.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024
1.59
Change from 2023
+0.4%
World, 2024
2.19 births per woman
Fertility rate in North America over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.59 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman |
| 2023 | 1.58 births per woman | 2.20 births per woman |
| 2022 | 1.62 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| 2021 | 1.64 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman |
| 2020 | 1.62 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| 2019 | 1.68 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman |
| 2018 | 1.71 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman |
| 2017 | 1.74 births per woman | 2.46 births per woman |
| 2016 | 1.80 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.82 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2014 | 1.84 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2013 | 1.83 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.85 births per woman | 2.56 births per woman |
| 2011 | 1.87 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman |
| 2010 | 1.90 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman |
| 2009 | 1.97 births per woman | 2.59 births per woman |
| 2008 | 2.03 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2007 | 2.07 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2006 | 2.06 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2005 | 2.01 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2004 | 2.00 births per woman | 2.63 births per woman |
| 2003 | 2.00 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.97 births per woman | 2.66 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.98 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| 2000 | 2.00 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4% from 1.58 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.84 births per woman, the figure has changed by −13.7%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.19 births per woman.
More for North America
All statistics for North America
Crude birth rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Population
383,501,065 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.57%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
18.6%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
16.9%
2025 · World Bank
Crude death rate
8.9 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank