Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Czech Republic

Fertility rate in Canada vs Czech Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.45 in the Czech Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Canada vs the Czech Republic population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	Czech Republic
1960	3.81	2.09
1961	3.75	2.11
1962	3.68	2.12
1963	3.61	2.31
1964	3.46	2.34
1965	3.12	2.18
1966	2.75	2.02
1967	2.53	1.91
1968	2.39	1.84
1969	2.33	1.87
1970	2.26	1.92
1971	2.14	2
1972	1.98	2.09
1973	1.89	2.31
1974	1.84	2.46
1975	1.82	2.43
1976	1.8	2.39
1977	1.78	2.34
1978	1.77	2.33
1979	1.75	2.27
1980	1.74	2.08
1981	1.7	2
1982	1.69	2
1983	1.68	1.97
1984	1.65	1.97
1985	1.67	1.95
1986	1.68	1.92
1987	1.68	1.91
1988	1.68	1.94
1989	1.77	1.87
1990	1.83	1.9
1991	1.72	1.86
1992	1.71	1.71
1993	1.69	1.67
1994	1.69	1.44
1995	1.67	1.28
1996	1.63	1.18
1997	1.57	1.17
1998	1.56	1.16
1999	1.55	1.13
2000	1.51	1.15
2001	1.54	1.15
2002	1.52	1.17
2003	1.55	1.18
2004	1.56	1.23
2005	1.58	1.29
2006	1.63	1.34
2007	1.67	1.45
2008	1.7	1.51
2009	1.69	1.51
2010	1.65	1.51
2011	1.63	1.43
2012	1.63	1.45
2013	1.61	1.46
2014	1.61	1.53
2015	1.6	1.57
2016	1.59	1.63
2017	1.55	1.69
2018	1.51	1.71
2019	1.47	1.71
2020	1.41	1.74
2021	1.44	1.83
2022	1.33	1.64
2023	1.26	1.45
2024	1.25	1.46
2025	1.24	1.47
2026	1.24	1.48
2027	1.23	1.48
2028	1.24	1.49
2029	1.23	1.49
2030	1.24	1.5
2031	1.24	1.51
2032	1.24	1.51
2033	1.25	1.52
2034	1.25	1.52
2035	1.25	1.53
2036	1.26	1.53
2037	1.26	1.54
2038	1.26	1.54
2039	1.27	1.54
2040	1.27	1.55
2041	1.27	1.55
2042	1.28	1.55
2043	1.28	1.55
2044	1.28	1.56
2045	1.28	1.56
2046	1.29	1.56
2047	1.29	1.56
2048	1.29	1.56
2049	1.3	1.57
2050	1.3	1.57

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Czech Republic
1960	33.8%	25.6%
1961	33.9%	25.1%
1962	33.9%	24.5%
1963	33.9%	23.9%
1964	33.7%	23.5%
1965	33.3%	23.2%
1966	32.9%	22.7%
1967	32.3%	22.3%
1968	31.6%	21.9%
1969	31%	21.6%
1970	30.2%	21.3%
1971	29.3%	21.1%
1972	28.6%	21.1%
1973	27.8%	21.2%
1974	27%	21.6%
1975	26.2%	22.1%
1976	25.5%	22.6%
1977	24.7%	22.9%
1978	24%	23.2%
1979	23.4%	23.4%
1980	22.8%	23.4%
1981	22.3%	23.5%
1982	22%	23.5%
1983	21.8%	23.5%
1984	21.6%	23.5%
1985	21.3%	23.4%
1986	21.1%	23.2%
1987	20.9%	23%
1988	20.8%	22.6%
1989	20.8%	22%
1990	20.7%	21.4%
1991	20.7%	20.9%
1992	20.7%	20.3%
1993	20.7%	19.8%
1994	20.6%	19.2%
1995	20.4%	18.7%
1996	20.2%	18.2%
1997	20%	17.7%
1998	19.8%	17.3%
1999	19.5%	16.9%
2000	19.2%	16.5%
2001	18.9%	16.1%
2002	18.6%	15.7%
2003	18.3%	15.3%
2004	18%	15%
2005	17.7%	14.7%
2006	17.4%	14.4%
2007	17.1%	14.3%
2008	16.9%	14.2%
2009	16.7%	14.2%
2010	16.6%	14.4%
2011	16.4%	14.6%
2012	16.3%	14.8%
2013	16.3%	14.9%
2014	16.2%	15.1%
2015	16.2%	15.3%
2016	16.2%	15.4%
2017	16.2%	15.6%
2018	16.1%	15.8%
2019	16%	15.9%
2020	15.9%	16%
2021	15.7%	16.1%
2022	15.5%	15.9%
2023	15.3%	15.7%
2024	15.1%	15.4%
2025	15%	15.1%
2026	14.9%	14.8%
2027	14.7%	14.6%
2028	14.6%	14.4%
2029	14.5%	14.2%
2030	14.4%	14%
2031	14.3%	13.8%
2032	14.2%	13.5%
2033	14.1%	13.3%
2034	14%	13%
2035	13.9%	12.9%
2036	13.9%	12.7%
2037	13.8%	12.5%
2038	13.8%	12.5%
2039	13.7%	12.6%
2040	13.7%	12.7%
2041	13.6%	12.8%
2042	13.6%	12.9%
2043	13.6%	13.1%
2044	13.5%	13.2%
2045	13.5%	13.4%
2046	13.5%	13.5%
2047	13.5%	13.7%
2048	13.5%	13.8%
2049	13.5%	13.9%
2050	13.5%	14%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 15.4% in the Czech Republic in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and the Czech Republic compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Czech Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada and -0.07% in the Czech Republic. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Canada	Czech Republic
1960	338,487	34,567
1961	334,360	36,430
1962	325,745	29,836
1963	318,595	48,353
1964	307,268	52,531
1965	269,589	43,029
1966	236,566	35,355
1967	220,450	29,558
1968	211,589	21,728
1969	216,588	22,762
1970	215,372	24,646
1971	208,640	31,445
1972	188,857	44,404
1973	184,432	57,549
1974	182,464	66,923
1975	196,718	67,393
1976	196,979	61,768
1977	199,297	55,009
1978	194,102	52,234
1979	203,293	44,257
1980	203,480	17,517
1981	206,005	13,391
1982	200,935	10,315
1983	202,931	3,097
1984	204,856	5,165
1985	204,153	4,135
1986	190,532	1,034
1987	190,416	4,138
1988	192,901	7,249
1989	207,304	1,036
1990	213,222	1,034
1991	207,477	4,124
1992	204,273	1,032
1993	186,451	3,099
1994	179,804	-11,367
1995	167,023	-21,687
1996	153,973	-21,662
1997	134,577	-21,639
1998	126,651	-18,530
1999	118,565	-20,568
2000	110,469	-17,433
2001	114,777	-16,347
2002	106,621	-15,296
2003	110,749	-17,330
2004	111,786	-9,177
2005	116,074	-6,126
2006	130,285	1,024
2007	134,845	9,268
2008	142,963	14,538
2009	144,609	10,444
2010	139,425	10,475
2011	133,923	2,099
2012	135,382	0
2013	129,799	-2,103
2014	127,563	4,210
2015	117,825	0
2016	115,555	5,283
2017	98,672	3,178
2018	88,974	1,063
2019	86,523	0
2020	53,241	-19,257
2021	57,360	-28,365
2022	15,574	-19,209
2023	28,058	-21,729

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Czech Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 3 deaths in the Czech Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Czech Republic
1985	7	15
1986	7	17
1987	7	15
1988	7	16
1989	8	15
1990	7	15
1991	8	15
1992	8	13
1993	8	12
1994	8	11
1995	8	10
1996	9	8
1997	8	8
1998	9	7
1999	9	7
2000	9	7
2001	10	6
2002	10	6
2003	10	6
2004	10	5
2005	11	5
2006	11	5
2007	11	4
2008	12	4
2009	12	4
2010	11	4
2011	11	4
2012	11	4
2013	11	3
2014	12	3
2015	11	3
2016	12	3
2017	12	3
2018	13	3
2019	12	3
2020	17	3
2021	14	4
2022	15	3
2023	12	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada and 0.26% in the Czech Republic. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Canada	Czech Republic
1960	3.26%	2.48%
1961	3.15%	2.44%
1962	3.05%	2.42%
1963	2.94%	2.43%
1964	2.82%	2.44%
1965	2.71%	2.46%
1966	2.6%	2.47%
1967	2.5%	2.48%
1968	2.4%	2.47%
1969	2.3%	2.46%
1970	2.19%	2.43%
1971	2.09%	2.39%
1972	1.99%	2.34%
1973	1.89%	2.29%
1974	1.79%	2.23%
1975	1.7%	2.16%
1976	1.6%	2.08%
1977	1.51%	1.99%
1978	1.42%	1.89%
1979	1.33%	1.78%
1980	1.25%	1.68%
1981	1.18%	1.59%
1982	1.12%	1.52%
1983	1.06%	1.47%
1984	1.01%	1.44%
1985	0.98%	1.41%
1986	0.94%	1.38%
1987	0.91%	1.35%
1988	0.88%	1.3%
1989	0.85%	1.25%
1990	0.82%	1.21%
1991	0.8%	1.17%
1992	0.77%	1.11%
1993	0.74%	1.03%
1994	0.72%	0.94%
1995	0.69%	0.85%
1996	0.67%	0.77%
1997	0.65%	0.7%
1998	0.64%	0.63%
1999	0.63%	0.58%
2000	0.62%	0.55%
2001	0.62%	0.52%
2002	0.62%	0.5%
2003	0.62%	0.48%
2004	0.61%	0.46%
2005	0.61%	0.44%
2006	0.6%	0.41%
2007	0.6%	0.39%
2008	0.59%	0.37%
2009	0.58%	0.35%
2010	0.57%	0.34%
2011	0.56%	0.33%
2012	0.56%	0.32%
2013	0.55%	0.31%
2014	0.54%	0.31%
2015	0.54%	0.32%
2016	0.53%	0.32%
2017	0.52%	0.32%
2018	0.52%	0.31%
2019	0.51%	0.3%
2020	0.51%	0.29%
2021	0.51%	0.28%
2022	0.51%	0.27%
2023	0.51%	0.26%