Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 2002

Canada
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +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 1.51 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 329,815 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
329,815
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
31,535,577
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
10-140.10.0%152
15-1915.15.0%15,595
20-2454.218.0%56,773
25-2998.532.6%101,304
30-3491.430.3%101,265
35-3935.711.8%45,881
40-446.32.1%8,468
45-490.30.1%356
50-540.00.0%22