Is 2016 a high birth year?

The rate at which babies are being born in the UK has fallen to its lowest level for a decade. There were 774,835 live births in the UK in 2016, the lowest rate since 748,563 live births in 2006 and down from a peak of 812,970 births in 2012, new data from the Office for National Statistics show.

Is 2016 a low birth year UK?

Live births decreased slightly in 2016 There were 696,271 live births in England and Wales in 2016, a small decrease of 0.2% compared with 697,852 in 2015. The number of live births has fluctuated, following a 4.3% decrease between 2012 and 2013; the largest percentage annual decrease since 1975 (Figure 1).

How many live births were there in 2016?

774,835
Number of live births in the United Kingdom from 1887 to 2019

Characteristic	Number of live births
2016	774,835
2015	777,165
2014	776,352
2013	778,803

How many births were there in England and Wales 2019?

640,370 live births
There were 640,370 live births in England and Wales in 2019, a decrease of 2.5% since 2018 and a 12.2% decrease since the most recent peak in 2012.

Is 2003 a low birth year?

The birth rate for U.K. in 2020 was 11.433 births per 1000 people, a 0.48% decline from 2019….U.K. Birth Rate 1950-2021.

United Kingdom – Historical Birth Rate Data
Year	Birth Rate	Growth Rate
2004	11.657	1.940%
2003	11.435	-1.800%
2002	11.645	-1.780%

How many babies are born each year in the UK 2020?

Number of live births and fertility rates. Based on birth notification data, there were 151,104 live births that occurred in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) of 2020 in England and Wales which brings the total number of live births in 2020 to 615,557.

Was there a low birth year in 2002?

Crude birth rate in the UK 1938-2019 In 2019 the live birth rate of the United Kingdom fell to 10.7 births per 1,000 population, the lowest it had been since 2002. From 2010 onwards the birth rate in the United Kingdom declined steadily, after reaching a high of 12.9.

Is 2020 a low birth year?

There were 615,557 live births in 2020 and 146,574 in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021, both a decrease of 3.9% vs. 2019 and Quarter 1 2020; this follows the trend observed in recent years.

Which is the first country in the world born?

List of countries by number of births

Rank	Country	Number of births (in thousands) 2020–2025
1	India	119 707
2	China	77 100
3	Nigeria	39 582
4	Pakistan	30 152