Fertility in Canada, 2020

Canada
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +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 1.41 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.3 years old. In total, 362,246 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.41
Births
362,246
Births per 1,000 people
9.5
Mean age of mothers
31.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
38,171,902
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%59
15-195.82.0%5,920
20-2429.510.4%34,928
25-2977.327.3%98,555
30-34102.236.0%133,565
35-3955.519.6%72,772
40-4412.34.3%15,317
45-490.90.3%1,121
50-540.00.0%7