Crude birth rates, age-specific fertility rates and total fertility rates (live births), 2000 to most recent year.

The crude birth rate in Canada decreased to 8.8 live births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the previous year. This marks the lowest rate during the observed period. Notably, the rate is continuously decreasing over the last years.The crude birth rate refers to the number of live births in a given year, expressed per 1,000 population. When studied in combination with the crude death rate, the rate of natural population increase can be determined.Find more statistics on other topics about Canada with key insights such as life expectancy of men at birth, total life expectancy at birth, and infant mortality rate.

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In Canada, the crude birth rate in 1860 was forty live births per thousand people, meaning that four percent of the population had been born in that year. From this point until the turn of the century, the crude birth rate decreases gradually, to just over thirty births per thousand. Over the next twenty years, this number hovers just below thirty, and thereafter it decreases much more rapidly than before, to 20.7 in 1940, before Canada's baby boom in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, where the birth rate increased to over 27. From the end of the baby boom until the late 1970s the population decreases rapidly again, before the rate of decline then slows. Since 1975, the crude birth rate of Canada will have dropped from 15.6, to it's lowest point in 2020, where it is expected to be just 10.5 births per thousand people.

Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) in Canada was reported at 8.8 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Canada - Birth rate, crude - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Fertility rate, total (births per woman) in Canada was reported at 1.26 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Canada - Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Canada fertility rate for 2025 is 1.48, a 0.07% decline from 2024.

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<li>Canada fertility rate for 2024 was <strong>1.48</strong>, a <strong>0.07% decline</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Canada fertility rate for 2023 was <strong>1.48</strong>, a <strong>0.54% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Canada fertility rate for 2022 was <strong>1.49</strong>, a <strong>0.53% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

Canada CA: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 8.800 Ratio in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.000 Ratio for 2022. Canada CA: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 14.250 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.700 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 8.800 Ratio in 2023. Canada CA: Birth Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics; (4) United Nations Statistics Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years).;Weighted average;

Crude birth rates, age-specific fertility rates and total fertility rates (live births), 2000 to most recent year.

Crude birth rates, age-specific fertility rates and total fertility rates (live births). Data are available beginning from 2000.

The total fertility rate in Canada decreased by 0.1 children per woman (-7.52 percent) compared to the previous year. As a result, the fertility rate in Canada saw its lowest number in 2023 with 1.26 children per woman. Notably, the fertility rate is continuously decreasing over the last years.Total fertility rates refer to the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (generally considered 15 to 44 years) can expect to have throughout her reproductive years. Unlike birth rates, which are based on the actual number of live births in a given population, fertility rates are hypothetical (similar to life expectancy), as they assume that current patterns in age-specific fertility will remain constant throughout a woman's reproductive years.Find more statistics on other topics about Canada with key insights such as total life expectancy at birth, crude birth rate, and death rate.

Historical chart and dataset showing Canada birth rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

In 2023, the death rate in Canada decreased by *** deaths per 1,000 inhabitants (-5.81 percent) compared to 2022. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significantly higher death rate than the preceding years.The crude death rate is the annual number of deaths divided by the total population, expressed per 1,000 people.Find more statistics on other topics about Canada with key insights such as infant mortality rate, total fertility rate, and life expectancy of women at birth.

Canada CA: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 8.100 Ratio in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.600 Ratio for 2022. Canada CA: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 7.200 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.600 Ratio in 2022 and a record low of 6.900 Ratio in 1992. Canada CA: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics; (4) United Nations Statistics Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years).;Weighted average;

The fertility rate of a country is the average number of children that women from that country will have throughout their reproductive years. In 1860, Canadian women of childbearing age would go on to have 5.7 children on average, however this number dropped significantly by 1925, where it was just 3.3. It then plateaued in the late 1920s, before dropping again, to 2.7 in 1940. Similarly to the United States, Canada experienced a large baby boom after the Second World War, rising to 3.9 in 1960, before declining again into the 1980s, and then plateauing between 1.5 and 1.7 until today. Canada's fertility rate is expected to be 1.5 children per woman in 2020.

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) in Canada was reported at 4.805 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Canada - Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

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Canada: The number of crude births per 1000 people, per year: Pour cet indicateur, La Banque mondiale fournit des données pour la Canada de 1960 à 2022. La valeur moyenne pour Canada pendant cette période était de 14.31 births per 1000 people avec un minimum de 9 births per 1000 people en 2022 et un maximum de 26.7 births per 1000 people en 1960.

Canada CA: Adolescent Fertility Rate: Births per 1000 Women Aged 15-19 data was reported at 4.805 Ratio in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.889 Ratio for 2022. Canada CA: Adolescent Fertility Rate: Births per 1000 Women Aged 15-19 data is updated yearly, averaging 23.756 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 54.573 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 4.805 Ratio in 2023. Canada CA: Adolescent Fertility Rate: Births per 1000 Women Aged 15-19 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.;United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects.;Weighted average;This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 3.7.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Canada CA: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data was reported at 1.260 Ratio in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.330 Ratio for 2022. Canada CA: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data is updated yearly, averaging 1.680 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.811 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 1.260 Ratio in 2023. Canada CA: Fertility Rate: Total: Births per Woman data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.;Weighted average;Relevance to gender indicator: it can indicate the status of women within households and a woman’s decision about the number and spacing of children.