Fertility in Canada, 2023

Canada
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +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 1.35 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.4 years old. In total, 356,745 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.35
Births
356,745
Births per 1,000 people
9.1
Mean age of mothers
31.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
39,299,104
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%42
15-194.81.8%4,994
20-2426.29.7%30,786
25-2972.926.9%94,409
30-34100.037.0%136,817
35-3954.120.0%73,169
40-4411.64.3%15,282
45-491.00.4%1,231
50-540.00.0%15