Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 2042

United Kingdom
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom is projected at 1.54 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.2 years old. In total, 739,793 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.54
Births
739,793
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
32.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
74,181,563
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%12
15-193.31.1%6,208
20-2427.68.9%59,333
25-2974.424.1%184,465
30-34110.235.7%278,245
35-3971.323.1%163,039
40-4419.56.3%42,470
45-492.60.8%5,912
50-540.00.0%112