Canada vs Latvia: Fertility rate: births per woman
Canada
1.35 live births per woman
in 2023
Latvia
1.34 live births per woman
in 2023
Canada rank
204th
Latvia rank
206th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Canada
- Latvia
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1.35 live births per woman against 1.34 live births per woman in Latvia, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 204th and Latvia ranks 206th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Latvia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.68 live births per woman | 1.92 live births per woman | 1.76 live births per woman | Canada |
| 1960s | 3.14 live births per woman | 1.86 live births per woman | 1.28 live births per woman | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.86 live births per woman | 1.93 live births per woman | 0.0757 live births per woman | Latvia |
| 1980s | 1.61 live births per woman | 2.05 live births per woman | 0.4406 live births per woman | Latvia |
| 1990s | 1.65 live births per woman | 1.42 live births per woman | 0.2248 live births per woman | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.58 live births per woman | 1.38 live births per woman | 0.2031 live births per woman | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.58 live births per woman | 1.57 live births per woman | 0.0153 live births per woman | Canada |
| 2020s | 1.39 live births per woman | 1.48 live births per woman | 0.092 live births per woman | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Canada or Latvia?
- Canada, at 1.35 live births per woman against 1.34 live births per woman in Latvia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Canada and Latvia?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Latvia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Latvia rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Canada ranks 204th and Latvia ranks 206th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.