The fertility rate for England and Wales has decreased for a new record after falling for three consecutive years, new data The National Statistics Office shows, with birth barely deaths.
Total fertility rate – Women defined as an average number of children will be expected to be during their child’s life – at 1.41 in 2024, below 1.42 in 2023 and the lowest level since records started almost a century ago in 1938.
Natural Population growth Has been in Decline For years, The mortality rate is expected to overtake birth from 2030.
But migration in England and Wales is an otherwise-fatal populationAnd this means that the population rose by about 706,000 in a year to mid -2010.
Last year the number of births actually increased slightly, from 591,072 to 594,677. But overall population growth meant that the fertility rate still fell.
Data revealed heavy variation in fertility rates in different parts of England and Wales – Luton has the highest rate (2.0) and the lowest in the city of London (0.32).
But there is a downstream in all areas Fertility rateWith the rate of 2.1 required for the population to stay naturally stable over time.
Separate data also showed that Scotland’s fertility fell to a new low of 1.25 last year.
Although the UK-Wide fertility rate for the previous year has not been published yet, previous year data suggests that the national fertility rate is falling higher than any other G7 nation.
In 2023, the UK had 1.44 children per female fertility rate, which fell 25 percent since 2010.
Other G7 countries such as Italy and Japan still have low fertility rates, but their decline has been more gradual than Britain.
women In Britain too, their first children are at an early age.
In the year 2000, for the first time in England and Wales, mothers were over 26 years of age. It has increased by three years, the average woman now is now over 29 years old when she has her first child.
In London, the average mother is 31 years old for the first time-while the second child in the capital can be over 33 years.
Where are the lowest fertility rates?
Fertility rates show significant variations in England and Wales, with 0.32 children per woman and the highest at 2.0.
The areas of high fertility rates are concentrated around Manchester, Birmingham region and areas spread southeast of England.
Central London officials have the lowest fertility rate, which hovers around a child per woman; While the areas see further high rates, such as barking and Daganham (1.99).
In fact, many regions of the UK saw the fertility rate fall last year – more than half (185 out of 317) local authorities faced a decline, and only one third saw an increase in one third.
For example, in Maldon, Essex, the fertility rate fell from 1.59 to 1.37 in just one year.
On the other hand, Birmingham saw one of the greatest leaps, from 1.61 to 1.75 children per woman.
Concern in population declining
Earlier this year, an Ipsos poll for the independent revealed that 4 out of 10 adults are preventing children from having children, financial pressure is a top concern.
The rates behind the European Union have fallen, and women have children later in their lives.
This reform is a concern for the leader Nigel FarajWhose recent planning migration and plans to slash the fast-track exile can be on obstacles with the UK’s declining fertility.
In February, Mr. Faraj pledged that he would eliminate the cap of two-child profit. If the improvement comes to power, to reduce the reverse as part of the “180-degree shift” Birthday,
According to ONS data, England and Wales occurred around 568,000 deaths last year, and only 594,000 births; This means that if it was not for pure migration, the population would have seen a rare increase, which added 431,000 people in the same period.
A recent reform spokesperson Politico admitted There will be a need to increase birth rate to avoid “population crisis” for heavy cuts in immigration.
A spokesman told Politico last week, “To fix that population crisis, we are already trying to encourage British people to have children.”