Fertility in Canada, 2013

Canada
2013
Total fertility rate: 1.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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

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-5 -1   2013  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.61 children per woman in 2013 — 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 30.4 years old. In total, 382,695 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.61
Births
382,695
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
35,293,433
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%104
15-1911.53.6%12,048
20-2443.213.4%50,810
25-2994.729.3%112,387
30-34108.533.6%131,088
35-3953.916.7%62,912
40-4410.63.3%12,631
45-490.60.2%714
50-540.00.0%0