"Figure 3.3: Estimated and assumed average completed family size, women born 1943 to 2011, UK constituent countries","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. All fertility data are displayed on a calendar year basis. 2. 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. " "Unit","Children per woman" "","" "","England","Wales ","Scotland ","Northern Ireland" "1943"," 2.238992404111 "," 2.261155853415 "," 2.303714238201 "," 3.000000155129 " "1944"," 2.207169641056 "," 2.241034236129 "," 2.285330394803 "," 3.013679123321 " "1945"," 2.195877819468 "," 2.185669003652 "," 2.257186511460 "," 2.969327486962 " "1946"," 2.187224581619 "," 2.170566472333 "," 2.251873904009 "," 2.992208960915 " "1947"," 2.076395226018 "," 2.084538389133 "," 2.107291263305 "," 2.928941810975 " "1948"," 2.107347903833 "," 2.124551293961 "," 2.158842933402 "," 2.927174914391 " "1949"," 2.074340605938 "," 2.104234240775 "," 2.123556862991 "," 2.909089687239 " "1950"," 2.063362214843 "," 2.095819911305 "," 2.079207507520 "," 2.867429727458 " "1951"," 2.041210963939 "," 2.064215773634 "," 2.033015138903 "," 2.814780563433 " "1952"," 2.048205638754 "," 2.059395741282 "," 2.017457978175 "," 2.732719136352 " "1953"," 2.043906445571 "," 2.071811571686 "," 2.000195703284 "," 2.716858375455 " "1954"," 2.021343698122 "," 2.046501304719 "," 1.949232902001 "," 2.694150106393 " "1955"," 2.022484026084 "," 2.047572648378 "," 1.948865114752 "," 2.647341297919 " "1956"," 2.015767644774 "," 2.043873185244 "," 1.927550483121 "," 2.610177239744 " "1957"," 2.011710308255 "," 2.056941973885 "," 1.937615459393 "," 2.501361512621 " "1958"," 1.989393865289 "," 2.052956159760 "," 1.900002706512 "," 2.487711292646 " "1959"," 1.978182123792 "," 2.017504417212 "," 1.905057319871 "," 2.468953200451 " "1960"," 1.981749651019 "," 1.987398562045 "," 1.871932013881 "," 2.417131420365 " "1961"," 1.955163511298 "," 1.956546915943 "," 1.867431304646 "," 2.408146781307 " "1962"," 1.939905820518 "," 1.916198929312 "," 1.870573959233 "," 2.364658837470 " "1963"," 1.926009519841 "," 1.914045281053 "," 1.859378418469 "," 2.314307797369 " "1964"," 1.914701546234 "," 1.939209652741 "," 1.818272468655 "," 2.308800693581 " "1965"," 1.909676832562 "," 1.956860410218 "," 1.799762851121 "," 2.223420993784 " "1966"," 1.910357159887 "," 1.976963641886 "," 1.801585772271 "," 2.241166888210 " "1967"," 1.901219650492 "," 1.974135859695 "," 1.778449567508 "," 2.184995634210 " "1968"," 1.918935951626 "," 1.962993241480 "," 1.781416997391 "," 2.179989178577 " "1969"," 1.908194911132 "," 1.963153167332 "," 1.772127028918 "," 2.119508084654 " "1970"," 1.913730731345 "," 1.937278325070 "," 1.743442869551 "," 2.113468438706 " "1971"," 1.901619528061 "," 1.927656445450 "," 1.738600638593 "," 2.110997935974 " "1972"," 1.885441530440 "," 1.901422568023 "," 1.719588396709 "," 2.031163480973 " "1973"," 1.887817564775 "," 1.921372218269 "," 1.730289873769 "," 2.033305065366 " "1974"," 1.916545770641 "," 1.927220014797 "," 1.742725357971 "," 2.010250910462 " "1975"," 1.919836467375 "," 1.924451368017 "," 1.723726323915 "," 2.001520606691 " "1976"," 1.935366688884 "," 1.968564874275 "," 1.722380699341 "," 2.039126655522 " "1977"," 1.949215745480 "," 1.957470358924 "," 1.749861916081 "," 2.036368782867 " "1978"," 1.959271971595 "," 1.936685541583 "," 1.763238681065 "," 2.040787055279 " "1979"," 1.971809978512 "," 1.967366344388 "," 1.745803651089 "," 2.077975664310 " "1980"," 1.988517134408 "," 1.950406630483 "," 1.747050724145 "," 2.126874487667 " "1981"," 1.997324732641 "," 1.972865488808 "," 1.768887174992 "," 2.080925679383 " "1982"," 2.002895435908 "," 2.002177770356 "," 1.757354825078 "," 2.095017550502 " "1983"," 2.001195174944 "," 1.984863990097 "," 1.763604324747 "," 2.091501232270 " "1984"," 2.003908638019 "," 1.997782942110 "," 1.753315424304 "," 2.076972504773 " "1985"," 2.003388861928 "," 1.989419312718 "," 1.739939702584 "," 2.071957768108 " "1986"," 2.009880075677 "," 2.007618656447 "," 1.755674553765 "," 2.055095813583 " "1987"," 2.017774819105 "," 2.015451036004 "," 1.739334292373 "," 2.071019980905 " "1988"," 2.009778190319 "," 1.998425981263 "," 1.722143354221 "," 2.071595673339 " "1989"," 2.001311502472 "," 1.990137225716 "," 1.702252355576 "," 2.065004622955 " "1990"," 1.984090623415 "," 1.983926329345 "," 1.694330529042 "," 2.039658518710 " "1991"," 1.953917452416 "," 1.945968660050 "," 1.654579656826 "," 2.024662027987 " "1992"," 1.933341284471 "," 1.916236345457 "," 1.640302352352 "," 2.028241135563 " "1993"," 1.919476393996 "," 1.901523738718 "," 1.635631607513 "," 2.018144781084 " "1994"," 1.902832479176 "," 1.893820461395 "," 1.630386062803 "," 2.001458374653 " "1995"," 1.892329971160 "," 1.884432344184 "," 1.618642163293 "," 1.985471177478 " "1996"," 1.878931370173 "," 1.870394905393 "," 1.615059828310 "," 1.981366748251 " "1997"," 1.871645637567 "," 1.862299828840 "," 1.612857943419 "," 1.980340554512 " "1998"," 1.864457416137 "," 1.858508706599 "," 1.613644303296 "," 1.984357775016 " "1999"," 1.859115460748 "," 1.854685389770 "," 1.616662047908 "," 1.983775219862 " "2000"," 1.854726727962 "," 1.851877269846 "," 1.618504386551 "," 1.986739504351 " "2001"," 1.851915145901 "," 1.849153595976 "," 1.619760102496 "," 1.987813615250 " "2002"," 1.850387951477 "," 1.847994112649 "," 1.620627395601 "," 1.988734384597 " "2003"," 1.849707017549 "," 1.847903434862 "," 1.622354609018 "," 1.990276314033 " "2004"," 1.849166741682 "," 1.847792147058 "," 1.625462769154 "," 1.992325048725 " "2005"," 1.848977108827 "," 1.847849220663 "," 1.629560278269 "," 1.994453581411 " "2006"," 1.848907311103 "," 1.847877201750 "," 1.633468949049 "," 1.996121602819 " "2007"," 1.848864127567 "," 1.847851171802 "," 1.637080497392 "," 1.997349871846 " "2008"," 1.848967224141 "," 1.847946333996 "," 1.640226703047 "," 1.998185228909 " "2009"," 1.849194361555 "," 1.848186820101 "," 1.642652441304 "," 1.998948984963 " "2010"," 1.849635635688 "," 1.848698711642 "," 1.644417631794 "," 1.999631672738 " "2011"," 1.850369690275 "," 1.849553590593 "," 1.645994994242 "," 2.000104875621 "