Fertility in Canada, 2001

Canada
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.53 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 333,510 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
333,510
Births per 1,000 people
10.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
31,213,577
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%166
15-1916.15.3%16,535
20-2456.618.5%58,215
25-29100.032.7%102,368
30-3490.929.8%101,324
35-3935.211.5%46,384
40-446.22.0%8,167
45-490.30.1%329
50-540.00.0%23