Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2006

United Kingdom
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.81 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 754,428 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
754,428
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
61,051,094
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%333
15-1926.07.2%49,062
20-2471.019.6%143,636
25-2997.226.9%195,311
30-34102.828.4%215,021
35-3953.114.7%125,213
40-4410.73.0%24,657
45-490.60.2%1,196
50-540.00.0%0