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How many babies are born in Canada?

361 thousand babies born in Canada in 2026. That is 0.27% of all births worldwide, and the 66th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Canada: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Canada’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~2K ~50K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1000 ~4.1K ~100K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~8.1K ~200K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~20K ~500K 40.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~162K ~5.41M 30.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 359K 13.7M 26.1 UN estimate
2000 330K 30.9M 10.7 UN estimate
2023 357K 39.3M 9.1 UN estimate
2026 361K 40.5M 8.9 UN projection
2050 380K 45.6M 8.3 UN projection
2075 414K 49.7M 8.3 UN projection
2100 452K 53.6M 8.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Canada among estimates through 2023 were in 1959, at about 464K. That is roughly 229 times the estimated ~2.03K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.33 children per woman, fertility in Canada is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Canada each year?

An estimated 361 thousand babies are born in Canada in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 989 a day and 0.27% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Canada?

Canada has an estimated 8.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.33 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.