Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1995

United Kingdom
1995
Total fertility rate: 1.71
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-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.71 children per woman in 1995 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 733,841 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
733,841
Births per 1,000 people
12.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
58,154,634
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%422
15-1927.68.0%47,491
20-2476.122.2%150,542
25-29107.931.5%246,433
30-3488.225.7%200,216
35-3936.110.5%75,697
40-446.41.9%12,435
45-490.30.1%585
50-540.00.0%19