Fertility rate in North America

34 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: births per woman. World ranking →

First in the ranking
2.67
Saint-Martin
Median country
1.56
half above, half below
World
2.19
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.92 to 2.67
Puerto Rico - Saint-Martin

How to read it

Across 34 countries in North America, the highest value is in Saint-Martin (2.67) and the lowest in Puerto Rico (0.92).

The median country is at 1.56: half are above, half below.

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.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN) · licence

Fertility rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Saint-Martin2.67
2Haiti2.63
3Honduras2.48
4Guatemala2.29
5Dominican Republic2.22
6Nicaragua2.21
7Panama2.11
8Belize2.02
9United States Virgin Islands1.97
10Mexico1.89
11El Salvador1.77
12Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.76
13Barbados1.71
14Greenland1.71
15United States1.63
16Aruba1.61
17Antigua and Barbuda1.58
18Trinidad and Tobago1.54
19Saint Kitts and Nevis1.53
20Cayman Islands1.53
21Dominica1.48
22Grenada1.47
23Turks and Caicos Islands1.45
24Cuba1.45
25Sint Maarten1.44
26Bermuda1.41
27Curaçao1.40
28Saint Lucia1.39
29Bahamas1.37
30Jamaica1.35
31Costa Rica1.32
32Canada1.25
33British Virgin Islands1.05
34Puerto Rico0.92
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