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The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of births. Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2023.
Canada's fertility rate hit a record low of 1.4 children born per woman in 2020, [32] below the population replacement level, which stands at 2.1 births per woman. In 2020, Canada also experienced the country's lowest number of births in 15 years, [32] also seeing the largest annual drop in childbirths (−3.6%) in a quarter of a century. [32]
It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population. The article lists 233 countries and territories in crude birth rate. The first list is provided by Population Reference Bureau. [1] The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for the year 2023. [2] Dependent territories and not fully recognized states might not be ranked.
Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero. [10] If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself. [10]
In 2023, Canada's population jumped by over 1 million people for the first time in the country's history. The population now stands at 39.5 million and is set to pass the 40 million mark later this year. The population growth has largely been fuelled by migrants who have been brought into the country to ease labour shortages. [55]
(April 2023. Canada British Columbia Density 2016. British Columbia is a Canadian ... Vital statistics. 2020 [1] Birth rate: 8.3 births per 1,000 ...
Since confederation in 1867 through to the contemporary era, decadal and demi-decadal census reports in Canada have compiled detailed immigration statistics. During this period, the highest annual immigration rate in Canada occurred in 1913, when 400,900 new immigrants accounted for 5.3 percent of the total population, [1] [2] while the greatest number of immigrants admitted to Canada in ...
Although Quebec is home to only 22.0% of the population of Canada, the number of international adoptions in Quebec is the highest of all provinces of Canada. In 2001, 42% of international adoptions in Canada were carried out in Quebec. Population growth rate: 0.7% (2006) Birth rate: 9.9% (2005) Synthetic fertility index: 1.61 (2006)