Fertility in Canada, 2005

Canada
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.57 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 342,817 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.57
Births
342,817
Births per 1,000 people
10.6
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
32,440,173
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
15-1913.24.2%13,954
20-2450.916.3%55,555
25-2999.031.7%105,742
30-3499.331.8%107,731
35-3942.213.5%49,510
40-447.12.3%9,725
45-490.30.1%436
50-540.00.0%12