Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1988

Canada
1988
Total fertility rate: 1.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.59 children per woman in 1988 — 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 27.7 years old. In total, 373,652 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
373,652
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
26,927,945
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%290
15-1923.07.2%21,761
20-2477.124.1%85,719
25-29116.536.4%146,252
30-3474.723.4%89,889
35-3924.67.7%26,204
40-443.71.2%3,459
45-490.10.0%77
50-540.00.0%0