Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1998

United Kingdom
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.71 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 719,249 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
719,249
Births per 1,000 people
12.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
58,626,819
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%409
15-1930.48.8%54,995
20-2473.221.3%129,256
25-29101.529.6%221,772
30-3490.126.2%208,511
35-3940.111.7%88,472
40-447.52.2%15,157
45-490.30.1%675
50-540.00.0%3