Crude birth rate in United Kingdom
The crude birth rate in United Kingdom was 9.9 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
United Kingdom, 2024
9.9
Change from 2023
−0.1per 1,000 people
World, 2024
16.3 per 1,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
8.8 per 1,000 people
Position in 2024
159th of 217
Crude birth rate in United Kingdom over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.9 per 1,000 people | 16.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 10.0 per 1,000 people | 16.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 10.1 per 1,000 people | 16.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 10.2 per 1,000 people | 16.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 10.2 per 1,000 people | 17.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 10.6 per 1,000 people | 17.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 11.0 per 1,000 people | 18.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 11.4 per 1,000 people | 18.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 11.8 per 1,000 people | 19.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 11.9 per 1,000 people | 19.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 12.0 per 1,000 people | 19.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 12.1 per 1,000 people | 19.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 20.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 20.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 12.9 per 1,000 people | 20.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 12.7 per 1,000 people | 20.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 12.9 per 1,000 people | 20.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 12.6 per 1,000 people | 20.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 12.3 per 1,000 people | 20.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 12.0 per 1,000 people | 20.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 11.9 per 1,000 people | 21.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 11.7 per 1,000 people | 21.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 11.3 per 1,000 people | 21.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 11.3 per 1,000 people | 21.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 11.5 per 1,000 people | 22.1 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 from 10.0 per 1,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 12.0 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.1.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, United Kingdom has the 159th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Crude birth rate
9.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Fertility rate
1.55 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.68 births per woman
2018 · Eurostat