Fertility in United Kingdom, 2040

United Kingdom
2040
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom is projected at 1.53 children per woman in 2040 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.1 years old. In total, 728,234 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
728,234
Births per 1,000 people
9.9
Mean age of mothers
32.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
73,774,626
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%14
15-193.61.2%6,720
20-2428.59.3%63,727
25-2974.524.2%187,596
30-34109.435.6%269,416
35-3970.022.7%152,517
40-4419.16.2%42,471
45-492.40.8%5,666
50-540.00.0%107