Fertility in Canada, 2016

Canada
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.59 children per woman in 2016 — 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 30.7 years old. In total, 383,577 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
383,577
Births per 1,000 people
10.6
Mean age of mothers
30.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
36,353,343
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%81
15-198.72.7%8,728
20-2439.612.4%45,352
25-2990.828.5%109,164
30-34110.234.6%136,308
35-3957.017.9%69,469
40-4411.53.6%13,615
45-490.70.2%860
50-540.00.0%0