Fertility in Canada, 1961

Canada
1961
Total fertility rate: 3.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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   1961  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 3.76 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 458,619 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.76
Births
458,619
Births per 1,000 people
25.1
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
18,263,074
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%283
15-1952.77.0%37,399
20-24227.030.3%135,947
25-29215.428.8%127,776
30-34142.319.0%89,013
35-3980.010.7%50,955
40-4428.43.8%15,971
45-492.40.3%1,208
50-540.20.0%67