Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1989

United Kingdom
1989
Total fertility rate: 1.79
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.79 children per woman in 1989 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 780,020 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
780,020
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
57,182,136
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%319
15-1933.19.2%67,614
20-2490.725.1%207,329
25-29120.433.3%268,892
30-3482.522.8%169,016
35-3929.08.0%56,405
40-444.91.4%9,974
45-490.20.1%412
50-540.00.0%58