Fertility in Canada, 2017

Canada
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.55 children per woman in 2017 — 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 30.9 years old. In total, 377,884 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
377,884
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
30.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
36,808,496
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
15-197.92.6%7,986
20-2437.312.0%42,725
25-2987.328.1%106,483
30-34107.934.8%134,580
35-3957.318.5%71,037
40-4411.83.8%14,066
45-490.80.2%925
50-540.00.0%1