Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1999

United Kingdom
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.68 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 703,837 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
703,837
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
58,838,657
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
15-1930.49.0%55,353
20-2471.321.1%125,757
25-2998.029.0%207,682
30-3489.226.4%207,517
35-3940.412.0%90,464
40-447.72.3%15,907
45-490.40.1%742
50-540.00.0%2