Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1989

Canada
1989
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +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 1.64 children per woman in 1989 — 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 27.7 years old. In total, 388,804 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
388,804
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
27,366,050
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%295
15-1924.57.4%23,076
20-2478.823.8%84,636
25-29118.935.9%151,392
30-3478.723.8%96,880
35-3926.07.9%28,724
40-443.81.2%3,718
45-490.10.0%82
50-540.00.0%0