Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1994

United Kingdom
1994
Total fertility rate: 1.74
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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.74 children per woman in 1994 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 749,940 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
749,940
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
58,003,203
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%413
15-1928.78.2%48,855
20-2478.322.4%160,796
25-29111.431.9%256,018
30-3488.725.4%198,524
35-3935.410.1%73,067
40-446.01.7%11,679
45-490.30.1%561
50-540.00.0%25