Fertility in Canada, 2009

Canada
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2009  +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 1.68 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 380,249 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
380,249
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
33,826,370
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%153
15-1914.34.3%15,706
20-2451.515.4%57,774
25-29101.330.3%116,411
30-34107.732.2%120,836
35-3950.515.1%57,664
40-449.02.7%11,135
45-490.40.1%569
50-540.00.0%0