Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2028

United Kingdom
2028
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom is projected at 1.53 children per woman in 2028 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (104 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.3 years old. In total, 676,721 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
676,721
Births per 1,000 people
9.6
Mean age of mothers
31.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
70,642,974
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%36
15-196.22.0%13,365
20-2436.111.8%77,543
25-2978.525.7%164,216
30-34104.134.1%233,524
35-3963.120.7%147,975
40-4415.75.1%36,459
45-491.60.5%3,549
50-540.00.0%53