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How many babies are born in United Kingdom?

678 thousand babies born in United Kingdom in 2026. That is 0.51% of all births worldwide, and the 45th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in United Kingdom: history and projections

100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside United Kingdom’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~32K ~780K 40.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~75K ~1.7M 43.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~180K ~4.2M 43.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~393K ~10.8M 36.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~1.07M ~41.1M 26.1 Historical reconstruction
1950 817K 50.1M 16.3 UN estimate
2000 684K 59.1M 11.6 UN estimate
2023 688K 68.7M 10.0 UN estimate
2026 678K 69.9M 9.7 UN projection
2050 727K 75.5M 9.6 UN projection
2075 688K 76M 9.1 UN projection
2100 635K 74.3M 8.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in United Kingdom among estimates through 2023 were in 1878, at about ~1.21M. That is roughly 38 times the estimated ~31.9K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.53 children per woman, fertility in United Kingdom is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in United Kingdom each year?

An estimated 678 thousand babies are born in United Kingdom in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,860 a day and 0.51% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in United Kingdom?

United Kingdom has an estimated 9.7 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.53 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.