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 1,857 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.

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How many babies are born in United Kingdom?

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

1,857births per day
77per hour
1per minute
9.7births per 1,000 people
1.53children per woman
69.93 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in United Kingdom through history

Estimated annual births in United Kingdom, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

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
2024	684K	69.1M	9.9	UN projection
2026	678K	69.9M	9.7	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in United Kingdom are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1878, at about ~1.21M. That is roughly 21 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.