Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1973

Canada
1973
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.85 children per woman in 1973 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 333,068 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
333,068
Births per 1,000 people
14.8
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
22,512,227
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
10-140.40.1%427
15-1935.19.5%39,066
20-24110.429.7%111,179
25-29127.334.3%115,157
30-3466.017.8%47,201
35-3924.96.7%15,621
40-446.21.7%3,921
45-490.70.2%449
50-540.10.0%48