Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Canada, 2014

Canada
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +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 1.61 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 386,115 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.61
Births
386,115
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
35,634,264
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%94
15-1910.73.3%10,960
20-2442.713.2%50,035
25-2994.129.1%112,077
30-34109.533.8%134,092
35-3955.117.0%65,245
40-4410.83.3%12,855
45-490.60.2%757
50-540.00.0%0