Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2007

United Kingdom
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.86
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.86 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 778,605 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.86
Births
778,605
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
61,535,854
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%317
15-1925.36.8%48,098
20-2471.819.3%147,520
25-2999.826.9%206,837
30-34106.628.7%216,558
35-3956.015.1%131,772
40-4411.33.0%26,227
45-490.60.2%1,279
50-540.00.0%0