Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1979

United Kingdom
1979
Total fertility rate: 1.86
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.86 children per woman in 1979 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 732,140 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.86
Births
732,140
Births per 1,000 people
13.0
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
56,218,763
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%341
15-1929.98.0%66,991
20-24111.430.0%221,831
25-29131.935.5%253,530
30-3470.619.0%143,886
35-3922.66.1%37,731
40-444.51.2%7,197
45-490.30.1%487
50-540.10.0%148