"Figure 3.5: Estimated and assumed total fertility rates, UK, 1973 to 2039","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Replacement fertility is the level of fertility required for the population to replace itself in size in the long term. In the UK, women would need to have, on average, 2.075 children to ensure long term ‘natural’ replacement of the population 2. All fertility data are displayed on a calendar year basis" "Unit","TFR" "","" "","High projection","Principal projection","Low projection","Replacement level","Historic data" "1973","","","","2.075","2.035" "1974","","","","2.075","1.921" "1975","","","","2.075","1.813" "1976","","","","2.075","1.748" "1977","","","","2.075","1.690" "1978","","","","2.075","1.757" "1979","","","","2.075","1.869" "1980","","","","2.075","1.900" "1981","","","","2.075","1.826" "1982","","","","2.075","1.781" "1983","","","","2.075","1.770" "1984","","","","2.075","1.767" "1985","","","","2.075","1.793" "1986","","","","2.075","1.779" "1987","","","","2.075","1.810" "1988","","","","2.075","1.824" "1989","","","","2.075","1.790" "1990","","","","2.075","1.833" "1991","","","","2.075","1.816" "1992","","","","2.075","1.794" "1993","","","","2.075","1.758" "1994","","","","2.075","1.739" "1995","","","","2.075","1.708" "1996","","","","2.075","1.727" "1997","","","","2.075","1.725" "1998","","","","2.075","1.714" "1999","","","","2.075","1.685" "2000","","","","2.075","1.641" "2001","","","","2.075","1.626" "2002","","","","2.075","1.632" "2003","","","","2.075","1.704" "2004","","","","2.075","1.755" "2005","","","","2.075","1.760" "2006","","","","2.075","1.816" "2007","","","","2.075","1.866" "2008","","","","2.075","1.909" "2009","","","","2.075","1.893" "2010","","","","2.075","1.922" "2011","","","","2.075","1.909" "2012","","","","2.075","1.917" "2013","","","","2.075","1.830" "2014","1.815","1.815","1.815","2.075","1.815" "2015","1.830","1.810","1.788","2.075","" "2016","1.861","1.817","1.758","2.075","" "2017","1.877","1.824","1.738","2.075","" "2018","1.894","1.832","1.723","2.075","" "2019","1.913","1.839","1.711","2.075","" "2020","1.934","1.846","1.701","2.075","" "2021","1.957","1.855","1.695","2.075","" "2022","1.979","1.863","1.691","2.075","" "2023","2.001","1.869","1.689","2.075","" "2024","2.021","1.872","1.688","2.075","" "2025","2.035","1.874","1.687","2.075","" "2026","2.044","1.875","1.687","2.075","" "2027","2.048","1.877","1.687","2.075","" "2028","2.051","1.879","1.686","2.075","" "2029","2.053","1.881","1.685","2.075","" "2030","2.056","1.883","1.685","2.075","" "2031","2.059","1.884","1.686","2.075","" "2032","2.064","1.885","1.686","2.075","" "2033","2.068","1.886","1.686","2.075","" "2034","2.072","1.887","1.686","2.075","" "2035","2.076","1.887","1.687","2.075","" "2036","2.080","1.887","1.687","2.075","" "2037","2.084","1.887","1.687","2.075","" "2038","2.087","1.888","1.687","2.075","" "2039","2.088","1.888","1.688","2.075",""