Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1987

United Kingdom
1987
Total fertility rate: 1.81
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.81 children per woman in 1987 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 773,010 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
773,010
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
56,886,024
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
10-140.20.1%321
15-1931.68.7%67,254
20-2493.825.9%215,043
25-29124.934.4%272,035
30-3480.922.3%156,822
35-3925.97.1%51,592
40-445.01.4%9,487
45-490.20.1%369
50-540.10.0%85