Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1954

Canada
1954
Total fertility rate: 3.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Canada was 3.74 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (213 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 421,019 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.74
Births
421,019
Births per 1,000 people
27.5
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
15,318,987
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
10-140.30.0%169
15-1951.56.9%28,304
20-24212.628.4%117,386
25-29209.528.0%123,472
30-34153.220.4%88,531
35-3987.411.7%46,798
40-4432.24.3%15,256
45-492.70.4%1,062
50-540.10.0%45