Fertility in Canada, 1951

Canada
1951
Total fertility rate: 3.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 3.42 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 368,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.42
Births
368,896
Births per 1,000 people
26.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
14,083,298
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.20.0%134
15-1946.56.8%24,548
20-24184.726.9%101,649
25-29195.428.5%111,848
30-34141.220.6%74,880
35-3985.012.4%41,831
40-4430.74.5%12,997
45-492.70.4%977
50-540.10.0%32