Fertility in Canada, 1980

Canada
1980
Total fertility rate: 1.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.66 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 362,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.66
Births
362,849
Births per 1,000 people
14.8
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
24,533,776
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%393
15-1926.98.1%31,669
20-2494.028.2%112,419
25-29122.936.9%134,841
30-3466.520.0%66,319
35-3919.25.8%15,086
40-443.10.9%2,020
45-490.20.0%103
50-540.00.0%0