Fertility in Canada, 2018

Canada
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 1.51 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 374,264 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
374,264
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
37,295,005
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%74
15-197.02.3%7,099
20-2434.411.4%39,883
25-2984.227.8%104,605
30-34106.635.2%134,328
35-3957.519.0%72,606
40-4412.24.0%14,680
45-490.80.3%987
50-540.00.0%2