The British Are Becoming More Impoverished As Every Year Goes By!

 Demographic Disaster: British Fertility Rate Falls to Lowest on Record.

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Kurt Zindulka

28 Aug 2025

The British fertility rate fell to its lowest level on record in 2024 after falling for three straight years as the native public continues to delay or refrain from having children.

Figures released on Wednesday from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that the total fertility rate (TFR) stood at 1.41 children per woman in 2024 for England and Wales.

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This was compared to 1.42 in 2023, the third such year of decline, and represented the lowest level recorded by the government since it began tracking such statistics in 1938. For context, a fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman is needed to maintain replacement levels.

It came as the average age of mothers and fathers continued to rise, with the average age of a mother rising from 30.9 years old in 2023 to 31.0 in 2024. Meanwhile the average age of fathers rose from 33.8 in 2023 to 33.9 in 2024.

This continued the trend seen over the past two decades of people putting off having children. For comparison, in 2004, the average age of mothers was 29 years old and 32.1 years old for fathers.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the business hub of London had the highest average age of parents last year, with a collective average of 32.5, more than 1.2 years higher than the next highest recorded region in Britain.

Adding to the trend, the fertility rates of mothers aged between 25 and 29 saw the steepest decline, while increasing for those between the ages of 30 and 39.

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