Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1976

United Kingdom
1976
Total fertility rate: 1.74
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.74 children per woman in 1976 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 673,104 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
673,104
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
56,201,138
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%355
15-1931.69.1%65,633
20-24110.531.8%210,834
25-29120.934.8%249,927
30-3459.217.1%107,003
35-3919.55.6%31,126
40-444.71.4%7,271
45-490.50.1%793
50-540.10.0%161