Updated September 1, 2025 |
Infoplease Staff
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The following table shows the number of live births and the crude birth rate (births per 1,000 total population) in the United States between 1910 and 2023. A 2024 provisional update follows the table.
| Year | Births1 | Rate2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 2,777,000 | 30.1 |
| 1915 | 2,965,000 | 29.5 |
| 1920 | 2,950,000 | 27.7 |
| 1925 | 2,909,000 | 25.1 |
| 1930 | 2,618,000 | 21.3 |
| 1935 | 2,377,000 | 18.7 |
| 1940 | 2,559,000 | 19.4 |
| 1945 | 2,858,000 | 20.4 |
| 1950 | 3,632,000 | 24.1 |
| 19523 | 3,913,000 | 25.1 |
| 19533 | 3,965,000 | 25.1 |
| 19543 | 4,078,000 | 25.3 |
| 1955 | 4,104,000 | 25.0 |
| 19563 | 4,218,000 | 25.2 |
| 19573 | 4,308,000 | 25.3 |
| 19583 | 4,255,000 | 24.5 |
| 19593 | 4,295,000 | 24.3 |
| 19603 | 4,257,850 | 23.7 |
| 19613 | 4,268,326 | 23.3 |
| 19623 | 4,167,362 | 22.4 |
| 19633 | 4,098,020 | 21.7 |
| 19643 | 4,027,490 | 21.0 |
| 19653 | 3,760,358 | 19.4 |
| 19663 | 3,606,274 | 18.4 |
| 19674 | 3,520,959 | 17.8 |
| 19683 | 3,501,564 | 17.5 |
| 19693 | 3,600,206 | 17.8 |
| 19703 | 3,731,386 | 18.4 |
| 19713 | 3,555,970 | 17.2 |
| 1972 | 3,258,411 | 15.6 |
| 1973 | 3,136,965 | 14.9 |
| 1974 | 3,159,958 | 14.9 |
| 1975 | 3,144,198 | 14.8 |
| 1976 | 3,167,788 | 14.8 |
| 1977 | 3,326,632 | 15.4 |
| 1978 | 3,333,279 | 15.3 |
| 1979 | 3,494,398 | 15.9 |
| 1980 | 3,612,258 | 15.9 |
| 1982 | 3,680,537 | 15.9 |
| 1983 | 3,638,933 | 15.5 |
| 1984 | 3,669,141 | 15.5 |
| 1985 | 3,760,561 | 15.8 |
| 1986 | 3,731,000 | 15.5 |
| 1987 | 3,829,000 | 15.7 |
| 1988 | 3,913,000 | 15.9 |
| 1989 | 4,021,000 | 16.2 |
| 1990 | 4,179,000 | 16.7 |
| 1991 | 4,111,000 | 16.2 |
| 1992 | 4,084,000 | 16.0 |
| 1993 | 4,039,000 | 15.7 |
| 1994 | 3,979,000 | 15.3 |
| 1995 | 3,892,000 | 14.8 |
| 1996 | 3,899,000 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 3,882,000 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 3,941,553 | 14.6 |
| 1999 | 3,959,417 | 14.5 |
| 2000 | 4,058,814 | 14.7 |
| 2001 | 4,025,933 | 14.1 |
| 2002 | 4,021,726 | 13.9 |
| 2003 | 4,089,950 | 14.1 |
| 2004 | 4,112,052 | 14.0 |
| 2005 | 4,138,349 | 14.0 |
| 2009 | 4,131,019 | 13.8 |
| 2010 | 3,999,386 | 13.0 |
| 2011 | 3,953,590 | 12.7 |
| 2012 | 3,952,841 | 12.6 |
| 2013 | 3,932,181 | 12.4 |
| 2014 | 3,988,076 | 12.5 |
| 2015 | 3,978,497 | 12.4 |
| 2016 | 3,945,875 | 12.2 |
| 2017 | 3,855,500 | 11.8 |
| 2018 | 3,791,712 | 11.6 |
| 2019 | 3,747,540 | 11.4 |
| 2020 | 3,613,647 | 10.9 |
| 2021 | 3,664,292 | 11.0 |
| 2022 | 3,667,758 | 11.0 |
| 2023 | 3,596,017 | 10.7 |
1. Figures through 1959 include adjustment for under-registration; beginning 1960, figures represent number registered. For comparison, the 1959 registered count was 4,245,000.
2. Rates are per 1,000 population estimated as of July 1 for each year except 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1980, which are as of April 1 (census date); for 1942–46, rates are based on population including armed forces overseas.
3. Based on 50% sample of births.
4. Based on a 20% to 50% sample of births.
2024 provisional update: In 2024 there were 3,628,934 births in the United States (provisional). The general fertility rate was 53.8 births per 1,000 women ages 15–44. (Crude birth rate for 2024 is not shown here because final population denominators are pending.)
Sources: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Births: Final Data for 2023; NCHS Data Brief No. 535, The number of births increased from 2023 to 2024, while the GFR declined; NCHS NVSS, Birth data.
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