Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 2003

Canada
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +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 2003 — 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 29.3 years old. In total, 334,808 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.54
Births
334,808
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
31,836,482
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%142
15-1914.44.7%14,975
20-2452.917.3%56,372
25-2999.232.4%103,022
30-3494.430.9%103,842
35-3937.812.4%47,060
40-446.62.2%8,988
45-490.30.1%386
50-540.00.0%18