Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Djibouti

Fertility rate in Canada vs Djibouti 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 2.61 in Djibouti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Canada vs Djibouti 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	Djibouti
1960	3.81	6.85
1961	3.75	6.85
1962	3.68	6.85
1963	3.61	6.86
1964	3.46	6.87
1965	3.12	6.86
1966	2.75	6.88
1967	2.53	6.87
1968	2.39	6.88
1969	2.33	6.88
1970	2.26	6.88
1971	2.14	6.88
1972	1.98	6.85
1973	1.89	6.82
1974	1.84	6.78
1975	1.82	6.74
1976	1.8	6.69
1977	1.78	6.64
1978	1.77	6.59
1979	1.75	6.52
1980	1.74	6.46
1981	1.7	6.4
1982	1.69	6.34
1983	1.68	6.3
1984	1.65	6.25
1985	1.67	6.19
1986	1.68	6.14
1987	1.68	6.09
1988	1.68	6.03
1989	1.77	5.97
1990	1.83	5.93
1991	1.72	5.86
1992	1.71	5.75
1993	1.69	5.64
1994	1.69	5.51
1995	1.67	5.33
1996	1.63	5.15
1997	1.57	4.97
1998	1.56	4.8
1999	1.55	4.69
2000	1.51	4.6
2001	1.54	4.52
2002	1.52	4.41
2003	1.55	4.3
2004	1.56	4.16
2005	1.58	4.04
2006	1.63	3.9
2007	1.67	3.76
2008	1.7	3.62
2009	1.69	3.52
2010	1.65	3.43
2011	1.63	3.34
2012	1.63	3.26
2013	1.61	3.19
2014	1.61	3.12
2015	1.6	3.04
2016	1.59	2.97
2017	1.55	2.92
2018	1.51	2.86
2019	1.47	2.8
2020	1.41	2.75
2021	1.44	2.7
2022	1.33	2.65
2023	1.26	2.61
2024	1.25	2.62
2025	1.24	2.58
2026	1.24	2.54
2027	1.23	2.51
2028	1.24	2.48
2029	1.23	2.45
2030	1.24	2.42
2031	1.24	2.39
2032	1.24	2.36
2033	1.25	2.33
2034	1.25	2.31
2035	1.25	2.29
2036	1.26	2.27
2037	1.26	2.25
2038	1.26	2.23
2039	1.27	2.21
2040	1.27	2.19
2041	1.27	2.17
2042	1.28	2.16
2043	1.28	2.14
2044	1.28	2.13
2045	1.28	2.11
2046	1.29	2.1
2047	1.29	2.09
2048	1.29	2.08
2049	1.3	2.06
2050	1.3	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Djibouti
1960	33.8%	44.2%
1961	33.9%	44%
1962	33.9%	43.8%
1963	33.9%	43.7%
1964	33.7%	43.5%
1965	33.3%	43.6%
1966	32.9%	43.8%
1967	32.3%	44%
1968	31.6%	44.3%
1969	31%	44.5%
1970	30.2%	44.7%
1971	29.3%	44.9%
1972	28.6%	45%
1973	27.8%	45.2%
1974	27%	45.3%
1975	26.2%	45.4%
1976	25.5%	45.5%
1977	24.7%	45.5%
1978	24%	45.6%
1979	23.4%	45.5%
1980	22.8%	45.5%
1981	22.3%	45.4%
1982	22%	45.3%
1983	21.8%	45.1%
1984	21.6%	45%
1985	21.3%	44.8%
1986	21.1%	44.6%
1987	20.9%	44.4%
1988	20.8%	44.2%
1989	20.8%	44%
1990	20.7%	43.7%
1991	20.7%	43.5%
1992	20.7%	43.3%
1993	20.7%	43.1%
1994	20.6%	42.8%
1995	20.4%	42.5%
1996	20.2%	42.2%
1997	20%	41.5%
1998	19.8%	40.6%
1999	19.5%	40%
2000	19.2%	39.6%
2001	18.9%	39.1%
2002	18.6%	38.7%
2003	18.3%	38.6%
2004	18%	38.5%
2005	17.7%	38.4%
2006	17.4%	38.1%
2007	17.1%	37.7%
2008	16.9%	37.2%
2009	16.7%	36.8%
2010	16.6%	36.4%
2011	16.4%	35.9%
2012	16.3%	35.5%
2013	16.3%	35.1%
2014	16.2%	34.6%
2015	16.2%	34%
2016	16.2%	33.4%
2017	16.2%	32.8%
2018	16.1%	32.2%
2019	16%	31.6%
2020	15.9%	31%
2021	15.7%	30.5%
2022	15.5%	30%
2023	15.3%	29.6%
2024	15.1%	29.2%
2025	15%	28.8%
2026	14.9%	28.5%
2027	14.7%	28.1%
2028	14.6%	27.8%
2029	14.5%	27.5%
2030	14.4%	27.3%
2031	14.3%	27%
2032	14.2%	26.8%
2033	14.1%	26.6%
2034	14%	26.4%
2035	13.9%	26.2%
2036	13.9%	26.1%
2037	13.8%	25.9%
2038	13.8%	25.7%
2039	13.7%	25.5%
2040	13.7%	25.3%
2041	13.6%	25.1%
2042	13.6%	24.9%
2043	13.6%	24.7%
2044	13.5%	24.5%
2045	13.5%	24.3%
2046	13.5%	24.1%
2047	13.5%	23.8%
2048	13.5%	23.6%
2049	13.5%	23.4%
2050	13.5%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1960	338,487	2,299
1961	334,360	2,412
1962	325,745	2,538
1963	318,595	2,687
1964	307,268	2,864
1965	269,589	3,054
1966	236,566	3,268
1967	220,450	3,484
1968	211,589	3,712
1969	216,588	3,950
1970	215,372	4,249
1971	208,640	4,484
1972	188,857	4,885
1973	184,432	5,234
1974	182,464	5,601
1975	196,718	6,034
1976	196,979	6,567
1977	199,297	7,195
1978	194,102	7,886
1979	203,293	8,573
1980	203,480	9,187
1981	206,005	9,654
1982	200,935	10,058
1983	202,931	10,391
1984	204,856	10,713
1985	204,153	11,106
1986	190,532	11,671
1987	190,416	12,357
1988	192,901	13,107
1989	207,304	13,851
1990	213,222	15,074
1991	207,477	16,553
1992	204,273	16,971
1993	186,451	15,805
1994	179,804	15,989
1995	167,023	15,651
1996	153,973	15,408
1997	134,577	15,255
1998	126,651	15,845
1999	118,565	16,491
2000	110,469	17,014
2001	114,777	17,710
2002	106,621	18,167
2003	110,749	18,341
2004	111,786	17,756
2005	116,074	17,361
2006	130,285	16,901
2007	134,845	16,647
2008	142,963	16,356
2009	144,609	16,323
2010	139,425	16,225
2011	133,923	16,169
2012	135,382	16,026
2013	129,799	15,986
2014	127,563	15,857
2015	117,825	15,718
2016	115,555	15,621
2017	98,672	15,593
2018	88,974	15,524
2019	86,523	15,368
2020	53,241	14,970
2021	57,360	14,555
2022	15,574	15,337
2023	28,058	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Djibouti

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 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Djibouti
1985	7	821
1986	7	804
1987	7	785
1988	7	768
1989	8	746
1990	7	725
1991	8	731
1992	8	780
1993	8	704
1994	8	682
1995	8	634
1996	9	609
1997	8	582
1998	9	555
1999	9	524
2000	9	501
2001	10	441
2002	10	404
2003	10	391
2004	10	364
2005	11	315
2006	11	298
2007	11	285
2008	12	273
2009	12	263
2010	11	243
2011	11	229
2012	11	221
2013	11	219
2014	12	212
2015	11	210
2016	12	204
2017	12	201
2018	13	199
2019	12	194
2020	17	192
2021	14	221
2022	15	174
2023	12	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1960	3.26%	-
1961	3.15%	-
1962	3.05%	-
1963	2.94%	-
1964	2.82%	-
1965	2.71%	-
1966	2.6%	-
1967	2.5%	-
1968	2.4%	-
1969	2.3%	-
1970	2.19%	-
1971	2.09%	-
1972	1.99%	-
1973	1.89%	-
1974	1.79%	-
1975	1.7%	-
1976	1.6%	17.1%
1977	1.51%	16.6%
1978	1.42%	16.2%
1979	1.33%	15.7%
1980	1.25%	15.3%
1981	1.18%	14.8%
1982	1.12%	14.4%
1983	1.06%	14%
1984	1.01%	13.6%
1985	0.98%	13.2%
1986	0.94%	12.8%
1987	0.91%	12.5%
1988	0.88%	12.2%
1989	0.85%	11.9%
1990	0.82%	11.6%
1991	0.8%	11.4%
1992	0.77%	11.2%
1993	0.74%	11.1%
1994	0.72%	10.9%
1995	0.69%	10.8%
1996	0.67%	10.7%
1997	0.65%	10.5%
1998	0.64%	10.3%
1999	0.63%	10.2%
2000	0.62%	9.95%
2001	0.62%	9.72%
2002	0.62%	9.48%
2003	0.62%	9.24%
2004	0.61%	9%
2005	0.61%	8.77%
2006	0.6%	8.53%
2007	0.6%	8.28%
2008	0.59%	8.03%
2009	0.58%	7.81%
2010	0.57%	7.59%
2011	0.56%	7.36%
2012	0.56%	7.14%
2013	0.55%	6.93%
2014	0.54%	6.72%
2015	0.54%	6.51%
2016	0.53%	6.33%
2017	0.52%	6.13%
2018	0.52%	5.94%
2019	0.51%	5.75%
2020	0.51%	5.56%
2021	0.51%	5.38%
2022	0.51%	5.22%
2023	0.51%	5.04%