Fertility in Canada, 2000

Canada
2000
Total fertility rate: 1.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.51 children per woman in 2000 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 329,737 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
329,737
Births per 1,000 people
10.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
30,891,803
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%199
15-1917.15.7%17,404
20-2458.819.5%59,459
25-2999.432.9%102,017
30-3485.928.5%97,032
35-3934.011.3%45,538
40-445.92.0%7,766
45-490.30.1%301
50-540.00.0%21