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Population, families and migration

Birth rate

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1.39children per woman in England and Wales in 2025, the lowest since records began in 1938

585,323 babies born, −1.6% on the year before. The peak was 2.91 in 1964

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What it means: the total fertility rate: how many children a woman would have on average if this year’s birth rates at each age stayed the same throughout her life. A rate of about 2.1 keeps a population the same size without migration. Rates have fallen in most rich countries as people have children later and have fewer of them. Shown for context.

Source: ONS, births in England and Wales, 2025 registrations, tables 1 and 10.