Fertility in Canada, 2010

Canada
2010
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +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 1.64 children per woman in 2010 — 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 30.0 years old. In total, 377,848 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
377,848
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
34,196,899
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%154
15-1913.64.1%14,875
20-2448.414.7%55,237
25-2998.229.9%114,669
30-34106.432.4%121,786
35-3951.415.7%58,724
40-449.73.0%11,795
45-490.40.1%607
50-540.00.0%0