Table 1:
Yearly births in the Census Numident and the CDC NVSS
| Birth year | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births in Numident | Births in USA in Numident | Births in USA from CDC NVSS | Numident USA Births/CDC NVSS | |
| 1910 | 2,566,000 | 2,425,000 | 2,777,000 | 0.873 |
| 1911 | 2,524,000 | 2,382,000 | 2,809,000 | 0.848 |
| 1912 | 2,668,000 | 2,484,000 | 2,840,000 | 0.875 |
| 1913 | 2,684,000 | 2,495,000 | 2,869,000 | 0.870 |
| 1914 | 2,807,000 | 2,593,000 | 2,966,000 | 0.874 |
| 1915 | 2,780,000 | 2,559,000 | 2,965,000 | 0.863 |
| 1916 | 2,789,000 | 2,570,000 | 2,964,000 | 0.867 |
| 1917 | 2,823,000 | 2,598,000 | 2,944,000 | 0.882 |
| 1918 | 2,979,000 | 2,726,000 | 2,948,000 | 0.925 |
| 1919 | 2,917,000 | 2,644,000 | 2,740,000 | 0.965 |
| 1920 | 3,128,000 | 2,786,000 | 2,950,000 | 0.944 |
| 1921 | 3,171,000 | 2,837,000 | 3,055,000 | 0.929 |
| 1922 | 3,104,000 | 2,738,000 | 2,882,000 | 0.950 |
| 1923 | 3,093,000 | 2,721,000 | 2,910,000 | 0.935 |
| 1924 | 3,152,000 | 2,780,000 | 2,979,000 | 0.933 |
| 1925 | 3,092,000 | 2,707,000 | 2,909,000 | 0.931 |
| 1926 | 3,030,000 | 2,634,000 | 2,839,000 | 0.928 |
| 1927 | 3,039,000 | 2,639,000 | 2,802,000 | 0.942 |
| 1928 | 2,977,000 | 2,553,000 | 2,674,000 | 0.955 |
| 1929 | 2,877,000 | 2,457,000 | 2,582,000 | 0.952 |
| 1930 | 2,941,000 | 2,475,000 | 2,618,000 | 0.945 |
| 1931 | 2,771,000 | 2,331,000 | 2,506,000 | 0.930 |
| 1932 | 2,798,000 | 2,323,000 | 2,440,000 | 0.952 |
| 1933 | 2,670,000 | 2,194,000 | 2,307,000 | 0.951 |
| 1934 | 2,766,000 | 2,263,000 | 2,396,000 | 0.944 |
| 1935 | 2,802,000 | 2,265,000 | 2,377,000 | 0.953 |
| 1936 | 2,795,000 | 2,240,000 | 2,555,000 | 0.877 |
| 1937 | 2,856,000 | 2,288,000 | 2,413,000 | 0.948 |
| 1938 | 2,965,000 | 2,367,000 | 2,496,000 | 0.948 |
| 1939 | 2,965,000 | 2,349,000 | 2,466,000 | 0.953 |
| 1940 | 3,097,000 | 2,445,000 | 2,559,000 | 0.955 |
| 1941 | 3,209,000 | 2,577,000 | 2,703,000 | 0.953 |
| 1942 | 3,560,000 | 2,877,000 | 2,989,000 | 0.963 |
| 1943 | 3,657,000 | 2,964,000 | 3,104,000 | 0.955 |
| 1944 | 3,555,000 | 2,823,000 | 2,939,000 | 0.961 |
| 1945 | 3,547,000 | 2,778,000 | 2,858,000 | 0.972 |
| 1946 | 4,171,000 | 3,329,000 | 3,411,000 | 0.976 |
| 1947 | 4,643,000 | 3,746,000 | 3,817,000 | 0.981 |
| 1948 | 4,497,000 | 3,587,000 | 3,637,000 | 0.986 |
| 1949 | 4,533,000 | 3,610,000 | 3,649,000 | 0.989 |
| 1950 | 4,576,000 | 3,620,000 | 3,632,000 | 0.997 |
| 1951 | 4,724,000 | 3,793,000 | 3,820,000 | 0.993 |
| 1952 | 4,893,000 | 3,903,000 | 3,909,000 | 0.998 |
| 1953 | 4,956,000 | 3,954,000 | 3,959,000 | 0.999 |
| 1954 | 5,134,000 | 4,078,000 | 4,071,000 | 1.002 |
| 1955 | 5,198,000 | 4,109,000 | 4,097,000 | 1.003 |
| 1956 | 5,326,000 | 4,216,000 | 4,210,000 | 1.001 |
| 1957 | 5,428,000 | 4,296,000 | 4,300,000 | 0.999 |
| 1958 | 5,377,000 | 4,229,000 | 4,246,000 | 0.996 |
| 1959 | 5,427,000 | 4,256,000 | 4,286,000 | 0.993 |
| 1960 | 5,481,000 | 4,258,000 | 4,257,850 | 1.000 |
| 1961 | 5,441,000 | 4,247,000 | 4,268,326 | 0.995 |
| 1962 | 5,420,000 | 4,144,000 | 4,167,362 | 0.994 |
| 1963 | 5,371,000 | 4,068,000 | 4,098,020 | 0.993 |
| 1964 | 5,307,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,027,490 | 0.993 |
| 1965 | 5,045,000 | 3,736,000 | 3,760,358 | 0.994 |
| 1966 | 4,875,000 | 3,586,000 | 3,606,274 | 0.994 |
| 1967 | 4,804,000 | 3,509,000 | 3,520,959 | 0.997 |
| 1968 | 4,835,000 | 3,498,000 | 3,501,564 | 0.999 |
| 1969 | 4,930,000 | 3,605,000 | 3,600,206 | 1.001 |
| 1970 | 5,091,000 | 3,750,000 | 3,737,800 | 1.003 |
| 1971 | 4,920,000 | 3,583,000 | 3,563,548 | 1.005 |
| 1972 | 4,652,000 | 3,298,000 | 3,266,235 | 1.010 |
| 1973 | 4,498,000 | 3,179,000 | 3,146,125 | 1.010 |
| 1974 | 4,521,000 | 3,207,000 | 3,170,631 | 1.011 |
| 1975 | 4,490,000 | 3,194,000 | 3,153,556 | 1.013 |
| 1976 | 4,504,000 | 3,214,000 | 3,176,476 | 1.012 |
| 1977 | 4,648,000 | 3,364,000 | 3,332,159 | 1.010 |
| 1978 | 4,639,000 | 3,361,000 | 3,338,300 | 1.007 |
| 1979 | 4,802,000 | 3,523,000 | 3,499,795 | 1.007 |
| 1980 | 4,922,000 | 3,643,000 | 3,617,981 | 1.007 |
| 1981 | 4,909,000 | 3,657,000 | 3,635,515 | 1.006 |
| 1982 | 4,982,000 | 3,707,000 | 3,685,457 | 1.006 |
| 1983 | 4,912,000 | 3,659,000 | 3,642,821 | 1.004 |
| 1984 | 4,921,000 | 3,685,000 | 3,673,568 | 1.003 |
| 1985 | 4,994,000 | 3,776,000 | 3,765,064 | 1.003 |
| 1986 | 4,969,000 | 3,772,000 | 3,760,695 | 1.003 |
| 1987 | 5,006,000 | 3,829,000 | 3,813,216 | 1.004 |
| 1988 | 5,089,000 | 3,929,000 | 3,913,793 | 1.004 |
| 1989 | 5,197,000 | 4,091,000 | 4,045,693 | 1.011 |
| 1990 | 5,279,000 | 4,208,000 | 4,162,917 | 1.011 |
| 1991 | 5,159,000 | 4,154,000 | 4,115,342 | 1.009 |
| 1992 | 5,079,000 | 4,105,000 | 4,069,428 | 1.009 |
| 1993 | 4,961,000 | 4,038,000 | 4,004,523 | 1.008 |
| 1994 | 4,864,000 | 3,988,000 | 3,956,925 | 1.008 |
| 1995 | 4,756,000 | 3,933,000 | 3,903,012 | 1.008 |
| 1996 | 4,684,000 | 3,921,000 | 3,894,874 | 1.007 |
| 1997 | 4,609,000 | 3,907,000 | 3,884,329 | 1.006 |
| 1998 | 4,589,000 | 3,966,000 | 3,945,192 | 1.005 |
| 1999 | 4,522,000 | 3,986,000 | 3,963,465 | 1.006 |
| 2000 | 4,550,000 | 4,084,000 | 4,063,823 | 1.005 |
| 2001 | 4,429,000 | 4,049,000 | 4,031,531 | 1.004 |
| 2002 | 4,376,000 | 4,041,000 | 4,027,376 | 1.003 |
| 2003 | 4,418,000 | 4,107,000 | 4,096,092 | 1.003 |
| 2004 | 4,429,000 | 4,130,000 | 4,118,907 | 1.003 |
| 2005 | 4,440,000 | 4,157,000 | 4,145,619 | 1.003 |
| 2006 | 4,551,000 | 4,282,000 | 4,273,225 | 1.002 |
| 2007 | 4,590,000 | 4,330,000 | 4,324,008 | 1.001 |
| 2008 | 4,510,000 | 4,262,000 | 4,255,156 | 1.002 |
| 2009 | 4,383,000 | 4,144,000 | 4,137,836 | 1.001 |
| 2010 | 4,238,000 | 4,013,000 | 4,007,105 | 1.001 |
| 2011 | 4,177,000 | 3,967,000 | 3,961,220 | 1.001 |
| 2012 | 4,166,000 | 3,966,000 | 3,960,796 | 1.001 |
| 2013 | 4,125,000 | 3,946,000 | 3,940,764 | 1.001 |
| 2014 | 4,169,000 | 4,006,000 | 3,998,175 | 1.002 |
| 2015 | 4,134,000 | 3,994,000 | 3,988,733 | 1.001 |
| 2016 | 4,077,000 | 3,961,000 | 3,956,112 | 1.001 |
| 2017 | 3,965,000 | 3,874,000 | 3,864,754 | 1.002 |
| 2018 | 3,874,000 | 3,802,000 | 3,801,534 | 1.000 |
Notes: Census Numident calculations from vintage 2020Q3. All Census Numident results were approved for release by the US Census Bureau, authorization number CBDRB-FY21-ERD002-016. These CDC NVSS birth counts for births occurring in the United States for 1979 to the present are from the published Natality Public Use File Documentation. For 1971–1978, counts were obtained from the Vital Statistics of the United States Volume I, Natality annual reports. For all years prior to 1971, published counts were obtained from Table 1-1, Live Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates, by Race: United States, 1909–2000.