Total fertility rate in United Kingdom
The total fertility rate in United Kingdom was 1.68 births per woman in 2018. The value for 2018 is the lowest since 2002.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2024.
United Kingdom, 2018
1.68
Change from 2017
−3.4%
European Union, 2018
1.54 births per womanep (Source flag ep)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2018
1.57 births per woman
Total fertility 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.
Live births per woman. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 1.34 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | – | 1.38 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | – | 1.46 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | – | 1.53 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | – | 1.51 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | – | 1.53 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 1.68 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 1.74 births per woman | 1.56 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 1.79 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.80 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 1.81 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 1.83 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.92 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 1.91 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 1.92 births per woman | 1.57 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 1.89 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.91 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.86 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.82 births per woman | 1.50 births per woman |
| 2005 | 1.76 births per woman | 1.47 births per woman |
| 2004 | 1.75 births per woman | 1.46 births per woman |
| 2003 | 1.70 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.63 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.63 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2000 | 1.64 births per woman | – |
Flags: b break in time series; ep estimated, provisional; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −3.4% from 1.74 births per woman in 2017.
- Since 2008, when it was 1.91 births per woman, the figure has changed by −12.0%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2018 was 1.54 births per woman.
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
Population aged 65 and over
18.4%
2019 · Eurostat