Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 1999

Canada
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +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 1.54 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 338,118 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.54
Births
338,118
Births per 1,000 people
11.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
30,599,456
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
10-140.20.1%229
15-1918.76.1%18,841
20-2461.720.1%61,597
25-29101.933.1%105,502
30-3485.427.8%99,079
35-3933.811.0%45,353
40-445.61.8%7,235
45-490.20.1%263
50-540.00.0%20