Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1996

United Kingdom
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.72
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.72 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 733,797 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.72
Births
733,797
Births per 1,000 people
12.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
58,298,565
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%425
15-1928.48.2%49,861
20-2475.922.0%143,676
25-29106.330.8%241,010
30-3489.525.9%205,009
35-3937.410.8%79,812
40-446.82.0%13,383
45-490.30.1%604
50-540.00.0%14