Friday 28 Aug 2015 @ 16:15
Office for National Statistics
Office for National Statistics
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Births in England and Wales by Parents’ Country of Birth, 2014
Main points
- Over a quarter of births (27.0%) in 2014 were to mothers born outside the UK, a slight increase from 2013 (26.5%).
- The number of live births in England and Wales to UK born women decreased by 1.1% compared with 2013, while live births to non-UK born women rose by 1.4%.
- The total fertility rate (TFR) for UK born women has fallen to 1.76 from 1.77 in 2013.
- The TFR for non-UK born women has fallen to 2.09 from 2.13 in 2013.
- Poland remains the most common country of birth for non-UK born mothers between 2010 and 2014, followed by Pakistan and India.
- Pakistan remains the most common country of birth for non-UK born fathers between 2008 and 2014, followed by Poland and India.
- Newham remains the local authority with the highest percentage of births to non-UK born women (76.7%) in 2014. Torfaen has the lowest percentage (3.2%).
Get all the tables for this publication in the data section of this publication.