Fertility rate: United Kingdom
1.56 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.56 |
| 2022 | 1.56 |
| 2021 | 1.583 |
| 2020 | 1.571 |
| 2019 | 1.632 |
| 2018 | 1.676 |
| 2017 | 1.735 |
| 2016 | 1.785 |
| 2015 | 1.801 |
| 2014 | 1.811 |
| 2013 | 1.83 |
| 2012 | 1.909 |
| 2011 | 1.911 |
| 2010 | 1.918 |
| 2009 | 1.893 |
| 2008 | 1.905 |
| 2007 | 1.863 |
| 2006 | 1.812 |
| 2005 | 1.761 |
| 2004 | 1.747 |
| 2003 | 1.698 |
| 2002 | 1.633 |
| 2001 | 1.624 |
| 2000 | 1.641 |
| 1999 | 1.682 |
| 1998 | 1.711 |
| 1997 | 1.722 |
| 1996 | 1.722 |
| 1995 | 1.709 |
| 1994 | 1.737 |
| 1993 | 1.758 |
| 1992 | 1.793 |
| 1991 | 1.817 |
| 1990 | 1.829 |
| 1989 | 1.794 |
| 1988 | 1.82 |
| 1987 | 1.808 |
| 1986 | 1.782 |
| 1985 | 1.788 |
| 1984 | 1.766 |
| 1983 | 1.766 |
| 1982 | 1.778 |
| 1981 | 1.817 |
| 1980 | 1.888 |
| 1979 | 1.857 |
| 1978 | 1.753 |
| 1977 | 1.689 |
| 1976 | 1.738 |
| 1975 | 1.807 |
| 1974 | 1.915 |
| 1973 | 2.036 |
| 1972 | 2.182 |
| 1971 | 2.343 |
| 1970 | 2.421 |
| 1969 | 2.502 |
| 1968 | 2.592 |
| 1967 | 2.678 |
| 1966 | 2.777 |
| 1965 | 2.867 |
| 1964 | 2.931 |
| 1963 | 2.91 |
| 1962 | 2.866 |
| 1961 | 2.789 |
| 1960 | 2.704 |
| 1959 | 2.604 |
| 1958 | 2.546 |
| 1957 | 2.47 |
| 1956 | 2.375 |
| 1955 | 2.279 |
| 1954 | 2.246 |
| 1953 | 2.227 |
| 1952 | 2.193 |
| 1951 | 2.185 |
| 1950 | 2.224 |