Fertility in United Kingdom, 2026

United Kingdom
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom is projected at 1.53 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.2 years old. In total, 678,001 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
678,001
Births per 1,000 people
9.7
Mean age of mothers
31.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
69,931,528
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
10-140.00.0%44
15-197.02.3%14,584
20-2438.212.4%76,199
25-2979.726.0%169,625
30-34103.333.7%236,376
35-3961.920.2%142,219
40-4415.35.0%35,769
45-491.50.5%3,150
50-540.00.0%38