Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 2007

Canada
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +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 1.66 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 367,258 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.66
Births
367,258
Births per 1,000 people
11.1
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
33,092,171
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
10-140.20.0%158
15-1913.94.2%15,131
20-2452.816.0%58,310
25-29101.830.8%112,483
30-34105.932.0%115,341
35-3948.114.6%55,322
40-447.62.3%10,030
45-490.40.1%478
50-540.00.0%7