Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1957

United Kingdom
1957
Total fertility rate: 2.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 2.47 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 843,837 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.47
Births
843,837
Births per 1,000 people
16.3
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
51,655,912
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.10.0%114
15-1928.15.7%46,751
20-24152.230.8%245,567
25-29157.431.9%266,369
30-3493.018.8%167,979
35-3949.510.0%92,064
40-4412.72.6%23,212
45-490.80.2%1,623
50-540.10.0%158