Live birth rate in England and Wales by age and birth year 1935-2022
As of 2022, there were approximately 41 live births per 1,000 women born in England and Wales in 2000. By comparison, in 2012, when women born in 1990 were this age, there were 70 births per 1,000 women. In general, there has been an ongoing trend of women having children later in life compared to earlier generations, with the live birth rate for a 22-year-old woman in 1962 approximately 189 births per 1,000 women.