Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1991

Canada
1991
Total fertility rate: 1.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1991  +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 1.72 children per woman in 1991 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 406,396 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.72
Births
406,396
Births per 1,000 people
14.4
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
28,157,158
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%331
15-1926.07.5%24,411
20-2479.322.9%81,836
25-29122.335.4%152,616
30-3484.924.6%108,874
35-3928.98.3%34,006
40-444.01.2%4,223
45-490.10.0%101
50-540.00.0%0