Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2031

United Kingdom
2031
Total fertility rate: 1.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom is projected at 1.52 children per woman in 2031 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.6 years old. In total, 680,210 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
680,210
Births per 1,000 people
9.5
Mean age of mothers
31.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
71,587,424
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%28
15-195.41.8%11,647
20-2433.811.1%78,008
25-2976.425.1%166,622
30-34105.634.7%231,408
35-3964.421.2%149,156
40-4416.95.6%39,073
45-491.80.6%4,170
50-540.00.0%102