"Figure 3: Fertility rates have generally been rising for women aged 30 years and over and declining for women aged under 30 years in recent years","" "Age-specific fertility rates, UK, 1982 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Age-specific fertility rate" "","" "Age","Under 20","20 to 24","25 to 29","30 to 34","35 to 39","40 and over" "1982","27.7","102.7","127.1","69.8","23.3","4.8" "1983","27.1","99.6","126.9","72.0","23.6","5.0" "1984","27.7","96.6","126.6","74.0","24.0","5.0" "1985","29.5","95.5","127.9","76.6","24.4","5.0" "1986","30.2","93.4","124.5","78.2","24.8","4.9" "1987","30.9","93.7","125.4","81.2","26.6","5.1" "1988","32.4","94.6","124.5","82.2","27.9","5.1" "1989","31.9","91.2","120.5","82.7","29.2","5.2" "1990","33.1","90.8","122.8","86.4","31.0","5.3" "1991","32.9","88.9","119.9","86.5","32.0","5.3" "1992","31.8","85.5","117.9","87.2","33.2","5.7" "1993","30.8","81.6","114.6","87.2","33.8","6.1" "1994","28.7","77.9","112.3","89.1","35.4","6.3" "1995","28.2","75.4","108.4","88.1","36.1","6.7" "1996","29.6","75.8","106.6","89.6","37.2","7.1" "1997","30.2","74.9","104.2","89.8","39.1","7.5" "1998","30.8","73.6","101.4","90.5","40.0","7.7" "1999","30.7","71.8","98.0","89.4","40.2","8.0" "2000","29.2","68.7","94.0","87.7","41.0","8.2" "2001","27.9","68.0","91.5","88.0","41.3","8.6" "2002","26.9","67.5","90.9","89.7","42.6","8.9" "2003","26.7","69.3","94.8","94.4","45.9","9.5" "2004","26.7","70.4","96.1","98.9","48.5","10.1" "2005","26.2","69.3","95.5","99.7","50.0","10.6" "2006","26.4","70.9","97.5","103.2","53.2","11.1" "2007","25.8","71.6","99.6","107.4","56.3","11.8" "2008","25.7","73.2","102.8","109.7","57.6","12.3" "2009","24.7","72.8","102.0","108.5","57.8","12.6" "2010","23.3","72.6","103.5","112.0","59.9","13.1" "2011","21.1","70.3","103.4","111.5","61.8","13.9" "2012","19.9","68.5","104.1","113.4","63.2","14.3" "2013","17.4","62.6","100.4","109.0","62.5","14.2" "2014","15.6","59.2","99.9","110.1","64.2","14.5" "2015","14.4","57.0","99.5","110.5","65.6","14.9" "2016","13.7","54.9","97.4","111.3","66.3","15.6" "2017","12.7","52.8","93.8","108.9","64.6","15.8" "2018","11.9","49.7","90.0","106.0","62.8","15.8"