Fertility in Canada, 2015

Canada
2015
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.60 children per woman in 2015 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 384,571 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
384,571
Births per 1,000 people
10.7
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
35,962,234
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%80
15-199.73.0%9,815
20-2441.212.8%47,666
25-2992.328.8%110,288
30-34109.534.1%135,000
35-3956.217.5%67,463
40-4411.33.5%13,449
45-490.70.2%813
50-540.00.0%0