Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1962

Canada
1962
Total fertility rate: 3.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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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 3.68 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (224 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 452,818 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.68
Births
452,818
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
18,613,601
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%288
15-1950.06.8%37,321
20-24224.430.7%137,577
25-29210.428.8%124,490
30-34140.319.2%87,059
35-3976.210.4%48,995
40-4427.53.8%15,818
45-492.30.3%1,192
50-540.20.0%80