Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2002

United Kingdom
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.63 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 676,877 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
676,877
Births per 1,000 people
11.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
59,540,763
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%342
15-1926.28.0%48,938
20-2467.420.6%125,220
25-2991.127.9%175,431
30-3489.727.5%207,732
35-3942.913.1%99,598
40-448.62.6%18,668
45-490.50.1%946
50-540.00.0%2