Table 3. -- Total Fertility Rates by
Calendar Year and Alternative

(Per hundred thousand)
Calendar year
   Total fertility rate
1917 3,333.3
1918 3,312.2
1919 3,067.7
1920 3,263.3
 
1921 3,326.2
1922 3,109.4
1923 3,101.2
1924 3,120.7
1925 3,011.6
 
1926 2,900.7
1927 2,824.3
1928 2,659.8
1929 2,532.0
1930 2,532.5
 
1931 2,401.7
1932 2,318.6
1933 2,172.0
1934 2,232.0
1935 2,188.7
 
1936 2,145.6
1937 2,173.3
1938 2,221.7
1939 2,171.7
1940 2,229.0
 
1941 2,331.5
1942 2,554.8
1943 2,640.2
1944 2,494.5
1945 2,421.8
 
1946 2,857.9
1947 3,181.2
1948 3,026.2
1949 3,036.2
1950 3,028.0
 
1951 3,199.1
1952 3,286.5
1953 3,349.4
1954 3,461.2
1955 3,498.3
 
1956 3,604.7
1957 3,682.4
1958 3,628.9
1959 3,638.2
1960 3,605.7
 
1961 3,563.9
1962 3,423.3
1963 3,297.8
1964 3,170.9
1965 2,881.6
 
1966 2,670.4
1967 2,525.5
1968 2,431.0
1969 2,422.9
1970 2,431.7
 
1971 2,245.4
1972 1,993.6
1973 1,862.5
1974 1,824.4
1975 1,770.3
 
1976 1,744.8
1977 1,795.0
1978 1,764.4
1979 1,816.7
1980 1,849.0
 
1981 1,825.4
1982 1,834.7
1983 1,805.3
1984 1,796.4
1985 1,839.6
 
1986 1,838.8
1987 1,869.9
1988 1,925.7
1989 2,005.8
1990 2,068.8
 
1991 2,066.7
1992 2,063.6
1993 2,044.6
1994 2,036.6
1995 2,016.7
1996 2,012.8

Calendar year
Low Cost
Intermediate
High Cost
1997 2,030.6 2,008.8 1,986.3
1998 2,037.6 2,004.7 1,970.8
1999 2,044.6 2,000.6 1,955.3
 
2000 2,051.6 1,996.4 1,939.9
2001 2,058.6 1,992.0 1,924.5
2002 2,065.5 1,987.5 1,908.8
2003 2,072.4 1,983.0 1,893.0
2004 2,079.3 1,978.3 1,877.1
2005 2,086.2 1,973.7 1,861.2
 
2006 2,093.2 1,969.1 1,844.9
2007 2,100.2 1,964.6 1,828.5
2008 2,107.2 1,960.2 1,812.1
2009 2,114.3 1,955.7 1,795.6
2010 2,121.4 1,951.0 1,778.9
 
2011 2,128.6 1,946.3 1,762.1
2012 2,135.7 1,941.6 1,745.4
2013 2,142.8 1,936.9 1,728.8
2014 2,149.9 1,932.2 1,712.3
2015 2,157.0 1,927.6 1,695.8
 
2016 2,164.1 1,922.8 1,679.5
2017 2,171.2 1,918.1 1,663.2
2018 2,178.4 1,913.5 1,647.0
2019 2,185.6 1,908.9 1,630.9
2020 2,192.7 1,904.5 1,615.4
2021 2,200.0 1,900.0 1,600.0