Fertility in Canada, 1970

Canada
1970
Total fertility rate: 2.27
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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   1970  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 2.27 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 356,057 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.27
Births
356,057
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
21,440,022
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
10-140.30.1%375
15-1940.58.9%41,090
20-24137.730.4%125,045
25-29143.631.7%107,312
30-3480.317.7%50,855
35-3938.28.4%23,671
40-4411.02.4%6,931
45-491.20.3%729
50-540.10.0%49