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On 8 September 2026, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its’ data, “Births in England and Wales: 2025 (final rates): Live births, stillbirths, maternities and fertility rates by factors including age, parents' country of birth, ethnicity, gestational age, and birthweight”. Giving ‘Main points’, they wrote: “Total fertility rate (TFR) was 1.39 children per woman in England and Wales in 2025, a decrease of 0.02 from 2024; individually, England decreased from 1.42 in 2024 to 1.39 in 2025, and Wales decreased from 1.35 in 2024 to 1.33 in 2025. The following estimates are based on data first published in our...
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