Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2003

United Kingdom
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.70 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 701,719 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.70
Births
701,719
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
59,820,385
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
10-140.20.0%312
15-1926.97.9%50,138
20-2469.220.3%131,004
25-2994.127.7%178,063
30-3494.127.7%213,310
35-3945.913.5%107,529
40-449.22.7%20,388
45-490.50.1%976
50-540.00.0%0