Answered By: Bobray Bordelon
Last Updated: Aug 02, 2023     Views: 57

For the United States, start with the Census Bureau's Fertility page.

If looking for data that includes fertility along with many socio-demographic variables, see

For international data see:

World Fertility Data (2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Presents data on age-specific fertility rates, total fertility and mean age at childbearing for 201 countries or areas of the world. Covers the time period from 1950 to the present. Data for the time period before 1950 have been included as well, if readily available, but no systematic attempt was made to collect data prior to 1950 for all countries. 2019 is also found on the UN site.

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