U.S. Fertility Rate 1960-2025
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
- U.S. fertility rate for 2022 was 1.67, a 0.06% increase from 2021.
- U.S. fertility rate for 2021 was 1.66, a 1.37% increase from 2020.
- U.S. fertility rate for 2020 was 1.64, a 3.78% decline from 2019.
- U.S. fertility rate for 2019 was 1.71, a 1.36% decline from 2018.
| U.S. Fertility Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Births per Woman | Annual % Change |
| 2022 | 1.67 | 0.06% |
| 2021 | 1.66 | 1.37% |
| 2020 | 1.64 | -3.78% |
| 2019 | 1.71 | -1.36% |
| 2018 | 1.73 | -2.04% |
| 2017 | 1.77 | -3.02% |
| 2016 | 1.82 | -1.25% |
| 2015 | 1.84 | -1.02% |
| 2014 | 1.86 | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 1.86 | -1.22% |
| 2012 | 1.88 | -0.74% |
| 2011 | 1.89 | -1.89% |
| 2010 | 1.93 | -3.55% |
| 2009 | 2.00 | -3.38% |
| 2008 | 2.07 | -2.26% |
| 2007 | 2.12 | 0.57% |
| 2006 | 2.11 | 2.48% |
| 2005 | 2.06 | 0.27% |
| 2004 | 2.05 | 0.20% |
| 2003 | 2.05 | 1.34% |
| 2002 | 2.02 | -0.49% |
| 2001 | 2.03 | -1.24% |
| 2000 | 2.06 | 2.42% |
| 1999 | 2.01 | 0.43% |
| 1998 | 2.00 | 1.42% |
| 1997 | 1.97 | -0.25% |
| 1996 | 1.98 | -0.10% |
| 1995 | 1.98 | -1.17% |
| 1994 | 2.00 | -0.89% |
| 1993 | 2.02 | -1.30% |
| 1992 | 2.05 | -0.80% |
| 1991 | 2.06 | -0.89% |
| 1990 | 2.08 | 3.33% |
| 1989 | 2.01 | 4.14% |
| 1988 | 1.93 | 3.31% |
| 1987 | 1.87 | 1.88% |
| 1986 | 1.84 | -0.35% |
| 1985 | 1.84 | 2.08% |
| 1984 | 1.81 | 0.42% |
| 1983 | 1.80 | -1.56% |
| 1982 | 1.83 | 0.86% |
| 1981 | 1.81 | -1.49% |
| 1980 | 1.84 | 1.74% |
| 1979 | 1.81 | 2.73% |
| 1978 | 1.76 | -1.68% |
| 1977 | 1.79 | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 1.74 | -2.03% |
| 1975 | 1.77 | -3.32% |
| 1974 | 1.84 | -2.34% |
| 1973 | 1.88 | -6.52% |
| 1972 | 2.01 | -11.30% |
| 1971 | 2.27 | -8.63% |
| 1970 | 2.48 | 0.98% |
| 1969 | 2.46 | -0.32% |
| 1968 | 2.46 | -3.67% |
| 1967 | 2.56 | -5.99% |
| 1966 | 2.72 | -6.59% |
| 1965 | 2.91 | -8.68% |
| 1964 | 3.19 | -3.89% |
| 1963 | 3.32 | -4.10% |
| 1962 | 3.46 | -4.39% |
| 1961 | 3.62 | -0.93% |
| 1960 | 3.65 | -0.93% |