Annual birth rates from 2000 to 2016

Release date:
15 February 2018

You asked

I would like to know how many children were born in the UK in each year from 2000 to 2016.

We said

Thank you for your freedom of information request on the number of births in the UK 2000 to 2016. The number of UK births is published on the ONS website in Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables: 

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/vitalstatisticspopulationandhealthreferencetables

Number of live births in the United Kingdom, 2000 to 2016:

2016 - 774,835
2015 - 777,165 
2014 - 776,352 
2013 - 778,803 
2012 - 812,970 
2011 - 807,776
2010 - 807,271
2009 - 790,204
2008 - 794,383
2007 - 772,245
2006 - 748,563
2005 - 722,549
2004 - 715,996
2003 - 695,549
2002 - 668,777
2001 - 669,123
2000 - 679,029

Sources: Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

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