Fertility in Canada, 2022

Canada
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +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 1.37 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.4 years old. In total, 354,665 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.37
Births
354,665
Births per 1,000 people
9.1
Mean age of mothers
31.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
38,821,259
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
10-140.00.0%48
15-194.91.8%4,961
20-2426.49.6%30,760
25-2973.826.9%93,775
30-34101.337.0%135,685
35-3954.820.0%73,052
40-4411.84.3%15,158
45-491.00.4%1,213
50-540.00.0%15