Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Canada vs Mongolia 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 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Canada vs Mongolia 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	Mongolia
1960	3.81	6.82
1961	3.75	6.96
1962	3.68	7.1
1963	3.61	7.24
1964	3.46	7.33
1965	3.12	7.38
1966	2.75	7.41
1967	2.53	7.39
1968	2.39	7.37
1969	2.33	7.34
1970	2.26	7.31
1971	2.14	7.3
1972	1.98	7.28
1973	1.89	7.24
1974	1.84	7.17
1975	1.82	7.07
1976	1.8	6.93
1977	1.78	6.79
1978	1.77	6.62
1979	1.75	6.42
1980	1.74	6.21
1981	1.7	5.98
1982	1.69	5.8
1983	1.68	5.63
1984	1.65	5.45
1985	1.67	5.26
1986	1.68	5.03
1987	1.68	4.83
1988	1.68	4.65
1989	1.77	4.42
1990	1.83	4.5
1991	1.72	4
1992	1.71	3.5
1993	1.69	2.5
1994	1.69	2.7
1995	1.67	2.77
1996	1.63	2.5
1997	1.57	2.4
1998	1.56	2.3
1999	1.55	2.3
2000	1.51	2.2
2001	1.54	2.2
2002	1.52	2.1
2003	1.55	2
2004	1.56	2
2005	1.58	2
2006	1.63	2.1
2007	1.67	2.3
2008	1.7	2.6
2009	1.69	2.8
2010	1.65	2.4
2011	1.63	2.6
2012	1.63	2.7
2013	1.61	3
2014	1.61	3.1
2015	1.6	3
2016	1.59	3
2017	1.55	2.8
2018	1.51	2.9
2019	1.47	3
2020	1.41	2.9
2021	1.44	2.8
2022	1.33	2.7
2023	1.26	2.7
2024	1.25	2.65
2025	1.24	2.6
2026	1.24	2.55
2027	1.23	2.51
2028	1.24	2.47
2029	1.23	2.44
2030	1.24	2.4
2031	1.24	2.37
2032	1.24	2.34
2033	1.25	2.31
2034	1.25	2.29
2035	1.25	2.26
2036	1.26	2.23
2037	1.26	2.21
2038	1.26	2.19
2039	1.27	2.17
2040	1.27	2.15
2041	1.27	2.13
2042	1.28	2.11
2043	1.28	2.09
2044	1.28	2.08
2045	1.28	2.06
2046	1.29	2.05
2047	1.29	2.04
2048	1.29	2.02
2049	1.3	2.01
2050	1.3	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Mongolia
1960	33.8%	38.1%
1961	33.9%	38.8%
1962	33.9%	39.6%
1963	33.9%	40.4%
1964	33.7%	41.4%
1965	33.3%	42.4%
1966	32.9%	43.3%
1967	32.3%	44.2%
1968	31.6%	44.9%
1969	31%	45.4%
1970	30.2%	45.6%
1971	29.3%	45.8%
1972	28.6%	45.8%
1973	27.8%	45.8%
1974	27%	45.6%
1975	26.2%	45.4%
1976	25.5%	45.2%
1977	24.7%	44.8%
1978	24%	44.5%
1979	23.4%	44.1%
1980	22.8%	43.7%
1981	22.3%	43.3%
1982	22%	43%
1983	21.8%	42.7%
1984	21.6%	42.5%
1985	21.3%	42.3%
1986	21.1%	42.1%
1987	20.9%	42%
1988	20.8%	41.8%
1989	20.8%	41.7%
1990	20.7%	41.4%
1991	20.7%	41%
1992	20.7%	40.5%
1993	20.7%	40%
1994	20.6%	39.5%
1995	20.4%	39%
1996	20.2%	38.4%
1997	20%	37.8%
1998	19.8%	37%
1999	19.5%	36.2%
2000	19.2%	35.2%
2001	18.9%	34.1%
2002	18.6%	32.9%
2003	18.3%	31.8%
2004	18%	30.8%
2005	17.7%	29.9%
2006	17.4%	29.1%
2007	17.1%	28.5%
2008	16.9%	28.1%
2009	16.7%	27.9%
2010	16.6%	27.9%
2011	16.4%	28%
2012	16.3%	28.1%
2013	16.3%	28.5%
2014	16.2%	28.9%
2015	16.2%	29.5%
2016	16.2%	30.2%
2017	16.2%	30.9%
2018	16.1%	31.6%
2019	16%	32.3%
2020	15.9%	32.8%
2021	15.7%	32.9%
2022	15.5%	32.9%
2023	15.3%	32.6%
2024	15.1%	32.2%
2025	15%	31.6%
2026	14.9%	30.9%
2027	14.7%	30.1%
2028	14.6%	29.2%
2029	14.5%	28.2%
2030	14.4%	27.3%
2031	14.3%	26.3%
2032	14.2%	25.6%
2033	14.1%	24.9%
2034	14%	24.3%
2035	13.9%	23.8%
2036	13.9%	23.4%
2037	13.8%	23.1%
2038	13.8%	23%
2039	13.7%	22.9%
2040	13.7%	22.8%
2041	13.6%	22.9%
2042	13.6%	22.9%
2043	13.6%	23%
2044	13.5%	23.1%
2045	13.5%	23.2%
2046	13.5%	23.3%
2047	13.5%	23.4%
2048	13.5%	23.4%
2049	13.5%	23.4%
2050	13.5%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1960	338,487	20,726
1961	334,360	21,873
1962	325,745	22,960
1963	318,595	24,142
1964	307,268	25,317
1965	269,589	26,364
1966	236,566	27,338
1967	220,450	28,178
1968	211,589	29,017
1969	216,588	29,781
1970	215,372	30,558
1971	208,640	31,536
1972	188,857	32,727
1973	184,432	33,993
1974	182,464	35,297
1975	196,718	36,490
1976	196,979	37,670
1977	199,297	38,995
1978	194,102	40,276
1979	203,293	41,568
1980	203,480	42,343
1981	206,005	43,588
1982	200,935	45,179
1983	202,931	46,919
1984	204,856	48,562
1985	204,153	49,944
1986	190,532	50,329
1987	190,416	51,140
1988	192,901	51,588
1989	207,304	51,420
1990	213,222	49,443
1991	207,477	47,884
1992	204,273	42,437
1993	186,451	36,924
1994	179,804	34,711
1995	167,023	34,473
1996	153,973	33,741
1997	134,577	32,403
1998	126,651	31,757
1999	118,565	32,283
2000	110,469	32,753
2001	114,777	32,052
2002	106,621	30,439
2003	110,749	28,827
2004	111,786	28,418
2005	116,074	29,290
2006	130,285	33,609
2007	134,845	39,636
2008	142,963	45,843
2009	144,609	48,876
2010	139,425	44,914
2011	133,923	50,711
2012	135,382	55,942
2013	129,799	62,618
2014	127,563	66,078
2015	117,825	64,473
2016	115,555	62,086
2017	98,672	57,940
2018	88,974	60,635
2019	86,523	61,433
2020	53,241	60,888
2021	57,360	52,109
2022	15,574	47,730
2023	28,058	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Mongolia

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 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Mongolia
1985	7	352
1986	7	346
1987	7	341
1988	7	335
1989	8	311
1990	7	276
1991	8	227
1992	8	199
1993	8	181
1994	8	178
1995	8	176
1996	9	178
1997	8	180
1998	9	174
1999	9	162
2000	9	144
2001	10	130
2002	10	120
2003	10	114
2004	10	108
2005	11	99
2006	11	90
2007	11	81
2008	12	77
2009	12	75
2010	11	71
2011	11	67
2012	11	63
2013	11	59
2014	12	56
2015	11	52
2016	12	48
2017	12	45
2018	13	45
2019	12	45
2020	17	47
2021	14	63
2022	15	41
2023	12	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
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%	-
1977	1.51%	-
1978	1.42%	17.3%
1979	1.33%	16.7%
1980	1.25%	16.1%
1981	1.18%	15.5%
1982	1.12%	15%
1983	1.06%	14.4%
1984	1.01%	13.9%
1985	0.98%	13.4%
1986	0.94%	12.8%
1987	0.91%	12.2%
1988	0.88%	11.7%
1989	0.85%	11.1%
1990	0.82%	10.7%
1991	0.8%	10.2%
1992	0.77%	9.78%
1993	0.74%	9.39%
1994	0.72%	9%
1995	0.69%	8.6%
1996	0.67%	8.19%
1997	0.65%	7.74%
1998	0.64%	7.27%
1999	0.63%	6.78%
2000	0.62%	6.29%
2001	0.62%	5.8%
2002	0.62%	5.32%
2003	0.62%	4.87%
2004	0.61%	4.45%
2005	0.61%	4.07%
2006	0.6%	3.71%
2007	0.6%	3.39%
2008	0.59%	3.11%
2009	0.58%	2.85%
2010	0.57%	2.63%
2011	0.56%	2.44%
2012	0.56%	2.28%
2013	0.55%	2.15%
2014	0.54%	2.04%
2015	0.54%	1.94%
2016	0.53%	1.84%
2017	0.52%	1.74%
2018	0.52%	1.64%
2019	0.51%	1.56%
2020	0.51%	1.48%
2021	0.51%	1.43%
2022	0.51%	1.39%
2023	0.51%	1.36%