THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - England Has Hit Record Low Fertility, and Over a Third of Births Are to Migrant Mothers.
New data from the Office for National Statistics reveals a sharp decline in fertility rates and live births, with women having just 1.39 children each on average as the number of children born to foreign-born mothers increases.
New data from Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals a sharp decline in fertility rates and live births, with women having just 1.39 children each on average, and the share of children born to foreign-born mothers standing at over a third. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: England and Wales recorded their lowest fertility rate on record in 2025, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimating women will have an average of 1.39 children over their lifetimes, down from 1.41 in 2024 and well below the 2.1 replacement level needed to maintain population stability without exponential mass migration. The number of live births also fell to 585,396, the lowest total since 1977, continuing a decade-long decline in births .…Open