"Figure 3: Natural change in 2018 was at its lowest level since 2013 ","" "UK births, deaths and natural change, 1951 to 2018 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Data are for whole calendar years. 2. Related datasets: [Births summary tables, England and Wales: 2018](https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/birthsummarytablesenglandandwales2018), [Deaths registered in England and Wales: 2018](https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/the21stcenturymortalityfilesdeathsdatasetenglandandwales2019),[NRS Vital Events Reference tables: 2018]( https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-publications/vital-events-reference-tables/2018), [NISRA, Birth Statistics:2017](https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/birth-statistics) [NISRA, Death Statistics: 2017]( https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/death-statistics) 3. Natural change in 2018 is an estimation based on 2018 figures for England, Wales and Scotland but uses 2017 figures for Northern Ireland, updated data on Northern Ireland will be available later in the year. " "Unit","Number of people" "","" "Year","Births","Deaths","Natural change" "1951","796645","632786","163859" "1952","792917","573806","219111" "1953","804269","577220","227049" "1954","794769","578400","216369" "1955","789315","595916","193399" "1956","825137","597981","227156" "1957","851466","591200","260266" "1958","870497","604040","266457" "1959","878561","606115","272446" "1960","918286","603328","314958" "1961","944365","631788","312577" "1962","975635","636051","339584" "1963","990160","654288","335872" "1964","1014672","611130","403542" "1965","997275","627798","369477" "1966","979587","643754","335833" "1967","961800","616710","345090" "1968","947231","655998","291233" "1969","920256","659537","260719" "1970","903907","655385","248522" "1971","901648","645078","256570" "1972","833984","673938","160046" "1973","779545","669692","109853" "1974","737138","667359","69779" "1975","697518","662477","35041" "1976","675526","680799","-5273" "1977","657038","655143","1895" "1978","686952","667177","19775" "1979","734572","675576","58996" "1980","753708","661519","92189" "1981","730712","657974","72738" "1982","718999","662801","56198" "1983","721238","659101","62137" "1984","729401","644918","84483" "1985","750520","670656","79864" "1986","754805","660735","94070" "1987","775405","644342","131063" "1988","787303","649178","138125" "1989","777036","657733","119303" "1990","798364","641799","156565" "1991","792269","646181","146088" "1992","780799","634238","146561" "1993","761526","658194","103332" "1994","750480","626222","124258" "1995","731882","641712","90170" "1996","733163","638879","94284" "1997","726622","632517","94105" "1998","716888","627592","89296" "1999","699976","629476","70500" "2000","679029","610579","68450" "2001","669123","604393","64730" "2002","668777","608045","60732" "2003","695549","612085","83464" "2004","715996","584791","131205" "2005","722549","582964","139585" "2006","748563","572224","176339" "2007","772245","574687","197558" "2008","794383","579697","214686" "2009","790204","559617","230587" "2010","807271","561666","245605" "2011","807776","552232","255544" "2012","812970","569024","243946" "2013","778803","576458","202345" "2014","776352","570341","206011" "2015","777165","602782","174383" "2016","774835","597206","177629" "2017","755043","607171","147872" "2018","731459","616128","115331"