Fertility in Canada, 1975

Canada
1975
Total fertility rate: 1.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.80 children per woman in 1975 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 348,381 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.80
Births
348,381
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
23,148,986
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%461
15-1933.79.4%38,761
20-24106.929.7%115,267
25-29128.035.5%125,607
30-3464.918.0%51,066
35-3921.56.0%13,912
40-444.71.3%2,972
45-490.50.1%284
50-540.10.0%50