Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1968

United Kingdom
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.59
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 2.59 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 936,339 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
936,339
Births per 1,000 people
17.0
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
55,240,646
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
10-140.20.0%408
15-1949.49.5%95,363
20-24161.831.2%329,214
25-29163.631.5%277,050
30-3490.517.4%145,476
35-3941.88.0%68,291
40-4410.92.1%18,854
45-490.80.2%1,562
50-540.10.0%121