Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1985

Canada
1985
Total fertility rate: 1.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +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 1.59 children per woman in 1985 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 372,228 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
372,228
Births per 1,000 people
14.4
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
25,927,465
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%311
15-1923.47.3%23,134
20-2481.425.4%99,773
25-29119.237.1%144,723
30-3472.122.4%80,300
35-3921.66.7%21,499
40-443.11.0%2,422
45-490.10.0%66
50-540.00.0%0