Fertility & birth rates in Canada and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Canada vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Canada vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	3.81	6.5
1961	3.75	6.49
1962	3.68	6.49
1963	3.61	6.5
1964	3.46	6.49
1965	3.12	6.5
1966	2.75	6.5
1967	2.53	6.51
1968	2.39	6.53
1969	2.33	6.52
1970	2.26	6.52
1971	2.14	6.52
1972	1.98	6.5
1973	1.89	6.46
1974	1.84	6.41
1975	1.82	6.35
1976	1.8	6.29
1977	1.78	6.22
1978	1.77	6.15
1979	1.75	6.06
1980	1.74	5.95
1981	1.7	5.81
1982	1.69	5.66
1983	1.68	5.48
1984	1.65	5.3
1985	1.67	5.13
1986	1.68	5
1987	1.68	4.88
1988	1.68	4.77
1989	1.77	4.65
1990	1.83	4.51
1991	1.72	4.25
1992	1.71	4.09
1993	1.69	3.82
1994	1.69	3.76
1995	1.67	3.28
1996	1.63	3.06
1997	1.57	2.83
1998	1.56	2.77
1999	1.55	2.79
2000	1.51	2.73
2001	1.54	2.62
2002	1.52	2.54
2003	1.55	2.49
2004	1.56	2.38
2005	1.58	2.23
2006	1.63	1.96
2007	1.67	1.79
2008	1.7	1.52
2009	1.69	1.58
2010	1.65	1.57
2011	1.63	1.54
2012	1.63	1.53
2013	1.61	1.53
2014	1.61	1.48
2015	1.6	1.42
2016	1.59	1.37
2017	1.55	1.35
2018	1.51	1.29
2019	1.47	1.25
2020	1.41	1.29
2021	1.44	1.16
2022	1.33	1.15
2023	1.26	1.2
2024	1.25	1.21
2025	1.24	1.21
2026	1.24	1.21
2027	1.23	1.21
2028	1.24	1.22
2029	1.23	1.22
2030	1.24	1.23
2031	1.24	1.23
2032	1.24	1.24
2033	1.25	1.25
2034	1.25	1.25
2035	1.25	1.26
2036	1.26	1.26
2037	1.26	1.27
2038	1.26	1.28
2039	1.27	1.28
2040	1.27	1.28
2041	1.27	1.29
2042	1.28	1.29
2043	1.28	1.3
2044	1.28	1.3
2045	1.28	1.31
2046	1.29	1.31
2047	1.29	1.31
2048	1.29	1.32
2049	1.3	1.32
2050	1.3	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	UAE
1960	33.8%	37.8%
1961	33.9%	36.7%
1962	33.9%	35.8%
1963	33.9%	35.1%
1964	33.7%	34.5%
1965	33.3%	33.9%
1966	32.9%	33.2%
1967	32.3%	32.1%
1968	31.6%	31.2%
1969	31%	30.6%
1970	30.2%	29.8%
1971	29.3%	29%
1972	28.6%	28.3%
1973	27.8%	27.8%
1974	27%	27.4%
1975	26.2%	27.2%
1976	25.5%	26.9%
1977	24.7%	26.8%
1978	24%	26.9%
1979	23.4%	27.1%
1980	22.8%	27.4%
1981	22.3%	28%
1982	22%	28.8%
1983	21.8%	29.5%
1984	21.6%	30.2%
1985	21.3%	30.7%
1986	21.1%	31.2%
1987	20.9%	31.2%
1988	20.8%	30.9%
1989	20.8%	30.3%
1990	20.7%	29.6%
1991	20.7%	28.8%
1992	20.7%	28.1%
1993	20.7%	27.4%
1994	20.6%	26.7%
1995	20.4%	25.9%
1996	20.2%	25.2%
1997	20%	24.3%
1998	19.8%	23.1%
1999	19.5%	22%
2000	19.2%	20.8%
2001	18.9%	19.8%
2002	18.6%	18.9%
2003	18.3%	18.3%
2004	18%	17.8%
2005	17.7%	17.5%
2006	17.4%	17.2%
2007	17.1%	17%
2008	16.9%	16.9%
2009	16.7%	16.9%
2010	16.6%	16.9%
2011	16.4%	16.8%
2012	16.3%	16.8%
2013	16.3%	16.8%
2014	16.2%	16.8%
2015	16.2%	16.8%
2016	16.2%	16.8%
2017	16.2%	16.8%
2018	16.1%	16.7%
2019	16%	16.6%
2020	15.9%	16.6%
2021	15.7%	16.5%
2022	15.5%	16.5%
2023	15.3%	16.3%
2024	15.1%	16.1%
2025	15%	16%
2026	14.9%	15.9%
2027	14.7%	15.9%
2028	14.6%	15.9%
2029	14.5%	15.9%
2030	14.4%	16%
2031	14.3%	16.1%
2032	14.2%	16.3%
2033	14.1%	16.5%
2034	14%	16.7%
2035	13.9%	16.9%
2036	13.9%	17.1%
2037	13.8%	17.3%
2038	13.8%	17.5%
2039	13.7%	17.7%
2040	13.7%	17.9%
2041	13.6%	18%
2042	13.6%	18.1%
2043	13.6%	18.2%
2044	13.5%	18.3%
2045	13.5%	18.3%
2046	13.5%	18.3%
2047	13.5%	18.3%
2048	13.5%	18.3%
2049	13.5%	18.2%
2050	13.5%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	338,487	3,418
1961	334,360	3,657
1962	325,745	3,901
1963	318,595	4,157
1964	307,268	4,410
1965	269,589	4,675
1966	236,566	4,955
1967	220,450	5,264
1968	211,589	5,588
1969	216,588	6,138
1970	215,372	6,922
1971	208,640	7,839
1972	188,857	8,818
1973	184,432	9,822
1974	182,464	10,835
1975	196,718	11,859
1976	196,979	12,876
1977	199,297	15,787
1978	194,102	18,879
1979	203,293	21,987
1980	203,480	25,005
1981	206,005	27,560
1982	200,935	29,585
1983	202,931	31,480
1984	204,856	33,250
1985	204,153	34,855
1986	190,532	36,829
1987	190,416	37,741
1988	192,901	38,861
1989	207,304	40,148
1990	213,222	41,339
1991	207,477	41,409
1992	204,273	42,119
1993	186,451	41,324
1994	179,804	42,976
1995	167,023	38,685
1996	153,973	37,886
1997	134,577	38,207
1998	126,651	41,176
1999	118,565	46,198
2000	110,469	49,993
2001	114,777	52,789
2002	106,621	55,922
2003	110,749	59,118
2004	111,786	60,344
2005	116,074	60,046
2006	130,285	54,338
2007	134,845	55,048
2008	142,963	55,426
2009	144,609	66,521
2010	139,425	69,907
2011	133,923	73,496
2012	135,382	78,682
2013	129,799	82,977
2014	127,563	84,277
2015	117,825	85,044
2016	115,555	87,028
2017	98,672	89,382
2018	88,974	86,840
2019	86,523	86,296
2020	53,241	87,871
2021	57,360	76,802
2022	15,574	81,758
2023	28,058	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs United Arab Emirates

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 United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	UAE
1985	7	19
1986	7	19
1987	7	19
1988	7	19
1989	8	19
1990	7	19
1991	8	19
1992	8	19
1993	8	19
1994	8	19
1995	8	18
1996	9	16
1997	8	14
1998	9	12
1999	9	10
2000	9	8
2001	10	7
2002	10	5
2003	10	5
2004	10	4
2005	11	4
2006	11	3
2007	11	3
2008	12	3
2009	12	3
2010	11	3
2011	11	4
2012	11	4
2013	11	4
2014	12	3
2015	11	3
2016	12	3
2017	12	3
2018	13	3
2019	12	3
2020	17	6
2021	14	6
2022	15	2
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 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	3.26%	20.1%
1961	3.15%	19%
1962	3.05%	18%
1963	2.94%	16.9%
1964	2.82%	15.8%
1965	2.71%	14.8%
1966	2.6%	13.7%
1967	2.5%	12.6%
1968	2.4%	11.6%
1969	2.3%	10.6%
1970	2.19%	9.62%
1971	2.09%	8.72%
1972	1.99%	7.89%
1973	1.89%	7.12%
1974	1.79%	6.43%
1975	1.7%	5.8%
1976	1.6%	5.23%
1977	1.51%	4.7%
1978	1.42%	4.22%
1979	1.33%	3.78%
1980	1.25%	3.4%
1981	1.18%	3.06%
1982	1.12%	2.77%
1983	1.06%	2.52%
1984	1.01%	2.31%
1985	0.98%	2.12%
1986	0.94%	1.97%
1987	0.91%	1.83%
1988	0.88%	1.71%
1989	0.85%	1.61%
1990	0.82%	1.51%
1991	0.8%	1.43%
1992	0.77%	1.37%
1993	0.74%	1.31%
1994	0.72%	1.26%
1995	0.69%	1.21%
1996	0.67%	1.18%
1997	0.65%	1.15%
1998	0.64%	1.12%
1999	0.63%	1.09%
2000	0.62%	1.07%
2001	0.62%	1.05%
2002	0.62%	1.03%
2003	0.62%	1.01%
2004	0.61%	1%
2005	0.61%	0.98%
2006	0.6%	0.96%
2007	0.6%	0.94%
2008	0.59%	0.92%
2009	0.58%	0.9%
2010	0.57%	0.88%
2011	0.56%	0.86%
2012	0.56%	0.84%
2013	0.55%	0.82%
2014	0.54%	0.79%
2015	0.54%	0.77%
2016	0.53%	0.73%
2017	0.52%	0.7%
2018	0.52%	0.67%
2019	0.51%	0.63%
2020	0.51%	0.6%
2021	0.51%	0.56%
2022	0.51%	0.53%
2023	0.51%	0.5%