U.S. Fertility rate: latest figures and trend
Is the fertility rate falling?
The total fertility rate in the U.S. was 1.63 births per woman in 2024, higher than 1.62 in 2023.
The latest fertility rate for U.S. is 1.63 (2024), according to World Bank. The table below lists every value we have collected, newest first.
Latest value1.63 Reference period: 2024
Previous (2023): 1.62 · +0.01 (+0.6%)
World Bank · Sources · Last checked with the source
About this indicator
- Official series
- Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
- Unit
- births
- Frequency
- Annual
- Sources
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) — license
- We record revisions when the source changes a value we already collected.
- We do not receive a provisional/final flag from the source, so recent values may still be revised.
| Period | Value | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.63 | World Bank |
| 2023 | 1.62 | World Bank |
| 2022 | 1.66 | World Bank |
| 2021 | 1.66 | World Bank |
| 2020 | 1.64 | World Bank |
| 2019 | 1.71 | World Bank |
| 2018 | 1.73 | World Bank |
| 2017 | 1.77 | World Bank |
| 2016 | 1.82 | World Bank |
| 2015 | 1.84 | World Bank |