UK fertility rate 2021

In 2021, the total fertility rate, in the United Kingdom fell to 1.53 births per woman, compared with 1.56 in 2020. The fertility rate in the most recent year is the lowest in this provided time period, and far below the peak of 2.65 births per woman recorded in 1964.

Total fertility rate in the United Kingdom from 1961 to 2021

Characteristic	Total fertiliy rate (births per woman)
2021	1.53
2020	1.56
2019	1.63
2018	1.68
2017	1.74
2016	1.79
2015	1.8
2014	1.82
2013	1.83
2012	1.92
2011	1.91
2010	1.92
2009	1.89
2008	1.96
2007	1.87
2006	1.82
2005	1.76
2004	1.77
2003	1.7
2002	1.63
2001	1.63
2000	1.64
1999	1.68
1998	1.71
1997	1.72
1996	1.73
1995	1.71
1994	1.74
1993	1.76
1992	1.79
1991	1.82
1990	1.83
1989	1.79
1988	1.82
1987	1.81
1986	1.78
1985	1.79
1984	1.77
1983	1.77
1982	1.78
1981	1.82
1980	1.9
1979	1.86
1978	1.75
1977	1.69
1976	1.74
1975	1.81
1974	1.92
1973	2.03
1972	2.2
1971	2.4
1970	2.44
1969	2.51
1968	2.61
1967	2.69
1966	2.8
1965	2.88
1964	2.95
1963	2.9
1962	2.87
1961	2.78

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1961 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* The total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of live children that a group of women would bear if they experienced the age-specific fertility rates of the calendar

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