Fertility in Canada, 2021

Canada
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.43
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +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 1.43 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.4 years old. In total, 369,789 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.43
Births
369,789
Births per 1,000 people
9.6
Mean age of mothers
31.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
38,454,057
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%54
15-195.31.8%5,336
20-2427.79.6%32,551
25-2977.126.9%98,120
30-34105.936.9%140,450
35-3957.720.1%76,413
40-4412.44.3%15,694
45-491.00.3%1,164
50-540.00.0%9