Fertility in Canada, 1959

Canada
1959
Total fertility rate: 3.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 3.86 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 463,478 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
463,478
Births per 1,000 people
26.5
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
17,515,520
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%259
15-1955.57.2%36,229
20-24228.229.7%133,631
25-29222.028.9%132,582
30-34145.418.9%91,544
35-3986.011.2%52,529
40-4428.63.7%15,462
45-492.50.3%1,189
50-540.10.0%51