Number of live births in the UK 1887-2021

There were 694,685 live births recorded in the United Kingdom in 2021, compared with 681,560 in the previous year. Between 1887 and 2021 the year with the highest number of live births was 1920 when there were approximately 1.13 million births, while the year with the fewest births was 1977, when there were just 657,038 births. Birth rate at a historic low in 2020At 10.2 births per 1,000 people, the birth rate of the United Kingdom in 2020 was at a historic low. After witnessing a twenty-first century high of 12.9 in 2010, the birth rate gradually declined before a sharp decrease was recorded between 2012 and 2013. Although there was a slight uptick in the birth rate in 2021, when there were 10.4 births per 1,000 people, the total fertility rate reached a low of 1.53 births per woman in the same year. As well as falling birth and fertility rates, the average age of mothers has been increasing. In 1991, the average age of mothers at childbirth was 27.7 years, compared with 30.9 years in 2021. UK population reaches 67 millionIn 2022, the overall population of the United Kingdom was almost 67.6 million people. Of the four countries that comprise the UK, England has by far the highest population, at 57.1 million, compared with 5.45 million in Scotland, 3.13 million in Wales, and 1.91 million in Northern Ireland. These countries are far less densely populated than England, especially when compared to London, which had approximately 5,630 people per square kilometer, compared with just 70 in Scotland. After London, North West England was the second-most densely populated area of the UK, which includes the large metropolitan areas of the cities of Manchester, and Liverpool

在英国，2021年共记录了694,685例活产，较上一年（681,560例）有所增加。自1887年至2021年，1920年活产数量最高，约为1,130万，而1977年活产数量最少，仅为657,038。2020年，英国的出生率创历史新低，每千人有10.2次出生。2010年，出生率曾达到21世纪的峰值12.9，此后逐年下降，2012年至2013年间出现显著下降。尽管2021年出生率略有上升，每千人出生率为10.4，但同年总生育率降至每名女性1.53次。除了出生率和生育率下降外，母亲的平均年龄也在逐年上升。1991年，生育时的母亲平均年龄为27.7岁，而到了2021年，这一数字上升至30.9岁。截至2022年，英国的总人口接近6,760万人。在英国的四个组成国家中，英格兰的人口最多，约为5710万人，其次是苏格兰（545万人）、威尔士（313万人）和北爱尔兰（191万人）。这些地区的人口密度远低于英格兰，尤其是与伦敦相比，伦敦的人口密度约为每平方公里5,630人，而苏格兰仅为每平方公里70人。伦敦之后，西北英格兰成为英国第二人口密集地区，该地区包括曼彻斯特和利物浦等大型都市区。