Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1978

Canada
1978
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +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 1.68 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 353,033 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
353,033
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
23,978,738
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%450
15-1928.68.5%33,902
20-2497.628.9%113,169
25-29122.236.1%128,086
30-3466.419.6%61,183
35-3919.25.7%13,894
40-443.51.0%2,189
45-490.30.1%159
50-540.00.0%0