Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2012

United Kingdom
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.91 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 817,336 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.91
Births
817,336
Births per 1,000 people
12.8
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
63,960,484
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
10-140.10.0%238
15-1920.05.3%38,446
20-2468.117.8%141,982
25-29103.727.2%228,675
30-34113.229.7%245,638
35-3962.416.3%129,071
40-4413.33.5%31,461
45-490.80.2%1,826
50-540.00.0%0