Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Canada

Total fertility rate in Canada in 2024 — 1.25 births. Ranked 192 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 67.2%.

2024 1.25 births −1.57% vs 2023
World rank 192of 217
Period maximum 3.81 births1960
Period minimum 1.25 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Canada, 1960–20240123419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.81 births1962: 3.68 births1964: 3.46 births1966: 2.75 births1968: 2.39 births1970: 2.26 births1972: 1.98 births1974: 1.84 births1976: 1.8 births1978: 1.77 births1980: 1.74 births1982: 1.69 births1984: 1.65 births1986: 1.68 births1988: 1.68 births1990: 1.83 births1992: 1.71 births1994: 1.69 births1996: 1.63 births1998: 1.56 births2000: 1.51 births2002: 1.52 births2004: 1.56 births2006: 1.63 births2008: 1.7 births2010: 1.65 births2012: 1.63 births2014: 1.61 births2016: 1.59 births2018: 1.51 births2020: 1.41 births2022: 1.34 births2024: 1.25 births
Change over the period: −2.56 (−67.2%) Average annual rate: -1.73 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Canada

Canada 1.25 births
World 2.19 births
North America 1.59 births
Northern America computed 1.59 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.25 −0.02 −1.57%
2023 1.27 −0.07 −5.22%
2022 1.34 −0.1 −6.94%
2021 1.44 +0.03 +2.13%
2020 1.41 −0.06 −4.08%
2019 1.47 −0.04 −2.65%
2018 1.51 −0.04 −2.58%
2017 1.55 −0.04 −2.52%
2016 1.59 −0.01 −0.63%
2015 1.6 −0.01 −0.62%
2014 1.61 +0 +0%
2013 1.61 −0.02 −1.23%
2012 1.63 +0 +0%
2011 1.63 −0.02 −1.21%
2010 1.65 −0.04 −2.37%
2009 1.69 −0.01 −0.59%
2008 1.7 +0.03 +1.8%
2007 1.67 +0.04 +2.45%
2006 1.63 +0.05 +3.16%
2005 1.58 +0.02 +1.28%
2004 1.56 +0.01 +0.65%
2003 1.55 +0.03 +1.97%
2002 1.52 −0.02 −1.3%
2001 1.54 +0.03 +1.99%
2000 1.51 −0.04 −2.58%
1999 1.55 −0.01 −0.64%
1998 1.56 −0.01 −0.64%
1997 1.57 −0.06 −3.68%
1996 1.63 −0.04 −2.4%
1995 1.67 −0.02 −1.18%
1994 1.69 +0 +0%
1993 1.69 −0.02 −1.17%
1992 1.71 −0.01 −0.58%
1991 1.72 −0.11 −6.01%
1990 1.83 +0.06 +3.39%
1989 1.77 +0.09 +5.36%
1988 1.68 +0 +0%
1987 1.68 +0 +0.3%
1986 1.68 +0.01 +0.3%
1985 1.67 +0.02 +1.21%
1984 1.65 −0.03 −1.79%
1983 1.68 −0.01 −0.59%
1982 1.69 −0.01 −0.59%
1981 1.7 −0.04 −2.3%
1980 1.74 −0.01 −0.8%
1979 1.75 −0.01 −0.79%
1978 1.77 −0.01 −0.79%
1977 1.78 −0.01 −0.78%
1976 1.8 −0.03 −1.54%
1975 1.82 −0.01 −0.71%
1974 1.84 −0.05 −2.8%
1973 1.89 −0.09 −4.55%
1972 1.98 −0.16 −7.52%
1971 2.14 −0.12 −5.18%
1970 2.26 −0.08 −3.26%
1969 2.33 −0.05 −2.18%
1968 2.39 −0.14 −5.62%
1967 2.53 −0.22 −8.04%
1966 2.75 −0.37 −11.75%
1965 3.12 −0.34 −9.87%
1964 3.46 −0.15 −4.19%
1963 3.61 −0.07 −2.01%
1962 3.68 −0.07 −1.92%
1961 3.75 −0.06 −1.52%
1960 3.81

Northern America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.