"Figure 3: Age-specific fertility rates, 1938 to 2016","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on live births occurring in each calendar year. 2. The rates for women under 20 and 40 and over are based on the female population aged 15 to 19 and 40 to 44 respectively. 3. Age-specific fertility rates for 1981 are based on a 10% sample due to the late submission of some birth registrations due to a registrars strike. 4. The population estimates used to calculate fertility rates from 1938 to 1980 are rounded to the nearest hundred and are therefore of a slightly lower level of accuracy than the fertility rates for 1981 to 2016." "Unit","Live births per 1,000 women in age group" "","" "Year","Under 20","20 to 24","25 to 29","30 to 34","35 to 39","40 and over" "1938","14.8","94.1","114.8","83.3","46.8","17.3" "1939","16.0","92.7","113.4","81.4","46.6","16.7" "1940","15.3","90.7","108.4","75.2","43.0","16.1" "1941","15.2","93.8","105.9","72.3","43.2","16.8" "1942","15.8","107.9","122.8","85.8","48.7","18.0" "1943","15.7","101.5","123.0","93.3","53.8","19.1" "1944","16.4","108.0","134.6","106.6","63.2","20.8" "1945","17.2","103.0","117.5","93.8","57.8","19.8" "1946","16.8","119.3","153.4","118.0","66.2","20.4" "1947","19.3","146.0","169.7","117.6","65.6","20.8" "1948","21.4","136.9","145.2","99.2","56.2","18.6" "1949","22.7","132.4","138.3","92.3","50.7","16.3" "1950","22.2","126.3","136.2","89.4","48.3","15.2" "1951","21.2","126.1","133.6","88.8","45.9","14.3" "1952","21.3","128.8","134.8","88.7","44.4","14.1" "1953","22.0","134.7","139.5","89.0","44.2","13.8" "1954","22.7","136.3","139.2","84.9","44.3","13.8" "1955","23.6","137.0","141.7","84.3","44.2","13.2" "1956","27.3","146.8","150.6","88.2","45.5","13.2" "1957","29.7","152.7","157.4","91.4","46.5","13.1" "1958","31.0","158.3","161.5","93.6","45.8","12.9" "1959","31.6","160.3","163.8","94.7","44.1","13.2" "1960","34.0","165.6","171.9","100.8","46.4","14.7" "1961","37.3","172.6","176.9","103.1","48.1","15.0" "1962","39.2","178.8","181.6","104.5","48.6","14.9" "1963","40.1","180.1","184.5","105.6","48.4","14.1" "1964","42.5","181.6","187.3","107.7","49.8","13.7" "1965","45.1","178.8","180.2","102.7","48.1","13.4" "1966","47.7","176.0","174.0","97.3","45.3","12.5" "1967","48.9","166.5","166.8","93.0","43.2","12.1" "1968","49.0","162.3","162.5","89.0","40.3","11.2" "1969","49.6","156.2","157.5","84.6","37.3","10.2" "1970","49.6","155.0","153.7","79.8","34.7","9.2" "1971","50.6","152.9","153.2","77.1","32.8","8.7" "1972","48.0","140.4","141.8","69.3","28.9","7.6" "1973","43.9","130.2","134.0","63.1","24.5","6.5" "1974","40.5","123.2","128.0","59.9","21.5","5.8" "1975","36.4","114.1","121.9","58.0","19.9","5.3" "1976","32.2","109.3","118.7","57.2","18.6","4.8" "1977","29.4","103.7","117.5","58.6","18.2","4.4" "1978","29.4","106.9","122.6","63.1","19.5","4.5" "1979","30.3","111.3","131.2","69.0","21.3","4.7" "1980","30.4","112.7","133.6","70.5","22.3","4.8" "1981","28.1","105.3","129.1","68.6","21.7","4.9" "1982","27.4","101.6","126.3","69.1","22.8","4.7" "1983","26.9","98.6","126.3","71.5","23.1","4.8" "1984","27.6","95.6","126.0","73.6","23.6","4.9" "1985","29.4","94.6","127.4","76.4","24.1","5.0" "1986","30.1","92.7","123.8","78.0","24.6","4.8" "1987","30.9","93.3","125.1","81.2","26.5","5.1" "1988","32.5","94.6","124.0","82.4","27.9","5.1" "1989","32.0","91.7","120.4","83.2","29.4","5.2" "1990","33.3","91.4","122.6","86.9","31.1","5.3" "1991","33.0","89.3","119.4","86.7","32.1","5.3" "1992","31.7","86.1","117.6","87.4","33.4","5.8" "1993","30.9","82.5","114.4","87.4","34.1","6.2" "1994","28.9","79.0","112.2","89.4","35.8","6.4" "1995","28.5","76.4","108.4","88.3","36.3","6.8" "1996","29.7","77.0","106.6","89.8","37.5","7.2" "1997","30.2","76.0","104.3","89.8","39.4","7.6" "1998","30.9","74.9","101.5","90.6","40.4","7.9" "1999","30.9","73.0","98.3","89.6","40.6","8.1" "2000","29.3","70.0","94.3","87.9","41.4","8.3" "2001","28.0","69.0","91.7","88.0","41.5","8.8" "2002","27.1","68.6","91.2","89.8","43.0","9.1" "2003","26.9","70.5","95.3","94.8","46.4","9.8" "2004","26.9","71.8","96.5","99.3","48.8","10.4" "2005","26.4","70.5","96.0","99.9","50.3","10.8" "2006","26.6","72.1","97.9","103.4","53.6","11.4" "2007","25.9","72.6","100.1","107.8","56.5","12.0" "2008","25.7","74.1","103.0","109.8","57.8","12.6" "2009","24.8","73.9","102.4","108.7","58.1","12.9" "2010","23.4","74.1","104.1","112.3","60.3","13.4" "2011","21.2","71.6","104.3","111.9","62.1","14.2" "2012","19.9","69.9","105.1","113.9","63.7","14.6" "2013","17.4","63.7","101.5","109.4","62.9","14.5" "2014","15.6","60.1","100.8","110.4","64.5","14.7" "2015","14.5","58.0","100.8","111.0","66.0","15.2" "2016","13.7","55.8","98.8","112.0","66.9","15.9"