In 2021, the birth rate per 1,000 population in Scotland was 8.7, compared with 8.6 in the previous year. Between 1999 and 2002 the birth rate in Scotland fell from 13.2 to 10.1, followed by a brief period of increasing birth rates between 2002 and 2008 before starting to decline afterward.
Crude birth rate in Scotland from 1855 to 2021
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