Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Kazakhstan

Fertility rate in Canada vs Kazakhstan 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 3.01 in Kazakhstan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Canada vs Kazakhstan 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	Kazakhstan
1960	3.81	4.5
1961	3.75	4.42
1962	3.68	4.36
1963	3.61	4.26
1964	3.46	4.07
1965	3.12	3.88
1966	2.75	3.82
1967	2.53	3.77
1968	2.39	3.63
1969	2.33	3.51
1970	2.26	3.51
1971	2.14	3.53
1972	1.98	3.55
1973	1.89	3.51
1974	1.84	3.45
1975	1.82	3.4
1976	1.8	3.33
1977	1.78	3.26
1978	1.77	3.16
1979	1.75	3.14
1980	1.74	3.09
1981	1.7	3.05
1982	1.69	3.02
1983	1.68	3.07
1984	1.65	3.15
1985	1.67	3.21
1986	1.68	3.19
1987	1.68	3.12
1988	1.68	3
1989	1.77	2.87
1990	1.83	2.75
1991	1.72	2.68
1992	1.71	2.58
1993	1.69	2.48
1994	1.69	2.38
1995	1.67	2.25
1996	1.63	2.08
1997	1.57	1.97
1998	1.56	1.94
1999	1.55	1.9
2000	1.51	1.9
2001	1.54	1.91
2002	1.52	1.96
2003	1.55	2.08
2004	1.56	2.2
2005	1.58	2.27
2006	1.63	2.38
2007	1.67	2.49
2008	1.7	2.62
2009	1.69	2.58
2010	1.65	2.61
2011	1.63	2.61
2012	1.63	2.64
2013	1.61	2.67
2014	1.61	2.76
2015	1.6	2.76
2016	1.59	2.8
2017	1.55	2.75
2018	1.51	2.85
2019	1.47	2.89
2020	1.41	3.13
2021	1.44	3.32
2022	1.33	3.05
2023	1.26	3.01
2024	1.25	2.98
2025	1.24	2.95
2026	1.24	2.92
2027	1.23	2.9
2028	1.24	2.87
2029	1.23	2.84
2030	1.24	2.81
2031	1.24	2.78
2032	1.24	2.76
2033	1.25	2.74
2034	1.25	2.71
2035	1.25	2.69
2036	1.26	2.66
2037	1.26	2.64
2038	1.26	2.62
2039	1.27	2.6
2040	1.27	2.58
2041	1.27	2.56
2042	1.28	2.54
2043	1.28	2.52
2044	1.28	2.5
2045	1.28	2.48
2046	1.29	2.47
2047	1.29	2.44
2048	1.29	2.43
2049	1.3	2.41
2050	1.3	2.39

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Kazakhstan
1960	33.8%	37.2%
1961	33.9%	38%
1962	33.9%	38.4%
1963	33.9%	38.5%
1964	33.7%	38.4%
1965	33.3%	38.1%
1966	32.9%	37.8%
1967	32.3%	37.4%
1968	31.6%	37%
1969	31%	36.5%
1970	30.2%	36.1%
1971	29.3%	35.6%
1972	28.6%	35.2%
1973	27.8%	34.7%
1974	27%	34.1%
1975	26.2%	33.6%
1976	25.5%	33.3%
1977	24.7%	33.1%
1978	24%	32.8%
1979	23.4%	32.9%
1980	22.8%	33%
1981	22.3%	32.8%
1982	22%	32.7%
1983	21.8%	32.6%
1984	21.6%	32.6%
1985	21.3%	32.6%
1986	21.1%	32.6%
1987	20.9%	32.4%
1988	20.8%	32.1%
1989	20.8%	31.9%
1990	20.7%	31.7%
1991	20.7%	31.6%
1992	20.7%	31.4%
1993	20.7%	31.1%
1994	20.6%	30.8%
1995	20.4%	30.5%
1996	20.2%	30.1%
1997	20%	29.6%
1998	19.8%	29%
1999	19.5%	28.3%
2000	19.2%	27.6%
2001	18.9%	26.9%
2002	18.6%	26.2%
2003	18.3%	25.6%
2004	18%	25.1%
2005	17.7%	24.8%
2006	17.4%	24.7%
2007	17.1%	24.7%
2008	16.9%	24.9%
2009	16.7%	25.1%
2010	16.6%	25.4%
2011	16.4%	25.7%
2012	16.3%	26.2%
2013	16.3%	26.7%
2014	16.2%	27.2%
2015	16.2%	27.7%
2016	16.2%	28.1%
2017	16.2%	28.5%
2018	16.1%	28.8%
2019	16%	29%
2020	15.9%	29.2%
2021	15.7%	29.5%
2022	15.5%	29.6%
2023	15.3%	29.5%
2024	15.1%	29.4%
2025	15%	29.1%
2026	14.9%	28.9%
2027	14.7%	28.5%
2028	14.6%	28.2%
2029	14.5%	27.9%
2030	14.4%	27.5%
2031	14.3%	27.1%
2032	14.2%	26.8%
2033	14.1%	26.5%
2034	14%	26.1%
2035	13.9%	25.8%
2036	13.9%	25.4%
2037	13.8%	25%
2038	13.8%	24.8%
2039	13.7%	24.7%
2040	13.7%	24.6%
2041	13.6%	24.5%
2042	13.6%	24.5%
2043	13.6%	24.6%
2044	13.5%	24.6%
2045	13.5%	24.6%
2046	13.5%	24.7%
2047	13.5%	24.7%
2048	13.5%	24.7%
2049	13.5%	24.7%
2050	13.5%	24.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 29.4% in Kazakhstan in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 31.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Kazakhstan compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Kazakhstan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada and +1.44% in Kazakhstan. 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	Kazakhstan
1960	338,487	226,027
1961	334,360	228,686
1962	325,745	228,177
1963	318,595	223,105
1964	307,268	208,899
1965	269,589	194,470
1966	236,566	191,506
1967	220,450	191,536
1968	211,589	186,254
1969	216,588	184,118
1970	215,372	191,775
1971	208,640	202,450
1972	188,857	212,319
1973	184,432	215,940
1974	182,464	217,668
1975	196,718	219,748
1976	196,979	221,992
1977	199,297	224,284
1978	194,102	225,895
1979	203,293	237,442
1980	203,480	238,977
1981	206,005	243,652
1982	200,935	246,983
1983	202,931	260,471
1984	204,856	278,485
1985	204,153	293,834
1986	190,532	295,818
1987	190,416	290,227
1988	192,901	275,278
1989	207,304	254,394
1990	213,222	235,113
1991	207,477	221,581
1992	204,273	204,785
1993	186,451	185,649
1994	179,804	165,631
1995	167,023	140,721
1996	153,973	112,384
1997	134,577	92,778
1998	126,651	85,735
1999	118,565	79,536
2000	110,469	80,699
2001	114,777	84,279
2002	106,621	93,564
2003	110,749	112,137
2004	111,786	132,286
2005	116,074	146,619
2006	130,285	166,480
2007	134,845	188,486
2008	142,963	214,169
2009	144,609	218,036
2010	139,425	230,479
2011	133,923	237,883
2012	135,382	249,987
2013	129,799	259,239
2014	127,563	274,406
2015	117,825	273,523
2016	115,555	277,878
2017	98,672	268,066
2018	88,974	278,917
2019	86,523	278,788
2020	53,241	272,458
2021	57,360	269,026
2022	15,574	277,019
2023	28,058	273,013

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Kazakhstan

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 10 deaths in Kazakhstan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Kazakhstan
1985	7	68
1986	7	67
1987	7	66
1988	7	65
1989	8	64
1990	7	64
1991	8	64
1992	8	65
1993	8	67
1994	8	70
1995	8	72
1996	9	72
1997	8	71
1998	9	68
1999	9	63
2000	9	58
2001	10	53
2002	10	48
2003	10	45
2004	10	41
2005	11	38
2006	11	35
2007	11	32
2008	12	28
2009	12	25
2010	11	22
2011	11	19
2012	11	17
2013	11	15
2014	12	14
2015	11	13
2016	12	12
2017	12	12
2018	13	11
2019	12	11
2020	17	18
2021	14	23
2022	15	14
2023	12	10

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada and 0.96% in Kazakhstan. 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	Kazakhstan
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%	8.54%
1972	1.99%	8.33%
1973	1.89%	8.14%
1974	1.79%	7.96%
1975	1.7%	7.8%
1976	1.6%	7.66%
1977	1.51%	7.53%
1978	1.42%	7.39%
1979	1.33%	7.24%
1980	1.25%	7.05%
1981	1.18%	6.83%
1982	1.12%	6.6%
1983	1.06%	6.38%
1984	1.01%	6.16%
1985	0.98%	5.94%
1986	0.94%	5.73%
1987	0.91%	5.54%
1988	0.88%	5.37%
1989	0.85%	5.23%
1990	0.82%	5.16%
1991	0.8%	5.13%
1992	0.77%	5.16%
1993	0.74%	5.23%
1994	0.72%	5.28%
1995	0.69%	5.26%
1996	0.67%	5.16%
1997	0.65%	4.99%
1998	0.64%	4.76%
1999	0.63%	4.51%
2000	0.62%	4.25%
2001	0.62%	3.99%
2002	0.62%	3.76%
2003	0.62%	3.54%
2004	0.61%	3.33%
2005	0.61%	3.12%
2006	0.6%	2.9%
2007	0.6%	2.69%
2008	0.59%	2.47%
2009	0.58%	2.25%
2010	0.57%	2.04%
2011	0.56%	1.83%
2012	0.56%	1.63%
2013	0.55%	1.46%
2014	0.54%	1.3%
2015	0.54%	1.19%
2016	0.53%	1.1%
2017	0.52%	1.05%
2018	0.52%	1.03%
2019	0.51%	1.02%
2020	0.51%	1.01%
2021	0.51%	1%
2022	0.51%	0.98%
2023	0.51%	0.96%