Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1987

Canada
1987
Total fertility rate: 1.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1987  +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 1.56 children per woman in 1987 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 367,061 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
367,061
Births per 1,000 people
13.8
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
26,540,921
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%291
15-1922.47.1%21,419
20-2476.924.4%89,235
25-29115.636.7%143,280
30-3472.923.1%85,676
35-3923.17.3%24,015
40-443.51.1%3,047
45-490.10.0%74
50-540.00.0%24