Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2014

United Kingdom
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.81 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 779,584 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
779,584
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
64,865,916
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%177
15-1915.84.4%29,630
20-2459.516.4%125,835
25-2999.827.5%216,766
30-34109.830.3%244,370
35-3963.917.6%131,130
40-4413.13.6%29,564
45-490.90.2%2,112
50-540.00.0%0