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Fertility rate hits record low in England, Scotland and Wales
The Guardian ^ | Wed 27 Aug 2025 | Rachel Hall and Severin Carrell

Posted on 08/27/2025 3:48:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The fertility rate for England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row to reach a record low, figures show.

The total fertility rate across both countries, meaning the average number of live children women can expect to have across their child-bearing life, stood at 1.41 in 2024, down from 1.42 in 2023, the lowest since comparable data was first collected in 1938, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This is despite a 0.6% increase in live births last year, with a 14% increase in the number of babies born to fathers over 60, according to figures published last month.

The disparity is down to the fact the adult population rose in 2024, which outweighed the increase in births. Since 1938, an increase in births at the same time as a decrease in the fertility rate has been observed only six times, with four occurring since 2011.

For a country’s population to remain stable over time – discounting any impact from migration – the total fertility rate needs to be about 2.1.

Greg Ceely, the head of population health monitoring at the ONS, said: “Fertility rates in England and Wales have been in overall decline since 2010. The total number of births increased last year, for the first time since 2021; but this was offset by population growth. As a result, fertility rates fell overall, and are now at the lowest rates on record.”

The stats also showed that the long-term trend of the average age of parents rising steadily over the past 50 years is continuing: the average age of mothers and fathers both increased by 0.1 years in 2024, with mothers aged 31 and fathers 33.9, according to the ONS’s annual Births in England and Wales publication.

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1 posted on 08/27/2025 3:48:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

But that’s the average. What is the birth rate in the Muslim community? Think how Los the BR is in the white community to bring the muzzie number down to 1.4.


2 posted on 08/27/2025 3:52:10 PM PDT by redangus ( )
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To: redangus

Precisely. Also, the significant increase in fathers over 60 suggests robust Muslim procreation.


3 posted on 08/27/2025 3:54:51 PM PDT by drwoof
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To: MinorityRepublican

That brave little Scottish girl who has recently been in the news is probably lucky she was even allowed to be born. The country needs more like her, not less.


4 posted on 08/27/2025 4:07:00 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The politicians noticed that. They know that Whiteys will be gone if you wait long enough.

But they saw a ray of hope! They noticed that there is one demographic that multiplies like rabbits. The one that lets a man have 4 wives. The one that never assimilates to another culture.

So they allowed them in by the millions! Sure enough, all that free stuff gave them the ability to give the goats a break and to make all 4 wives pregnant.

But those eeevvil old Whiteys just wouldn’t die fast enough. So the politicians promoted their new friends to a privileged state and persecuted those Whiteys who objected. So now you’re thrown in jail for a social media posting that complains about being replaced.


5 posted on 08/27/2025 4:10:30 PM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. )
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To: MinorityRepublican; CapandBall
Unsurprising...

6 posted on 08/27/2025 4:17:52 PM PDT by null and void (We are living through the greatest of all ICE Ages.)
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To: null and void

All the British men with testosterone were killed in WWI and WWII.


7 posted on 08/27/2025 4:23:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

All the British men with testosterone were killed in WWI and WWII.


Ditto for the Germans and French.


8 posted on 08/27/2025 4:24:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The young girls need to blame the older women that voted for this, not the men.


9 posted on 08/27/2025 4:35:29 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: I want the USA back

The globalists are usually quite racist and fail to see the Muslims as a strong force. They depopulate the whites because, as Rush said many times, the left always show you whom they fear the most.


10 posted on 08/27/2025 4:42:00 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Look at the muslim take over and infestation.

I can’t blame people for not wanting to bring children into such a world.


11 posted on 08/27/2025 5:22:06 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well, we know the UK men have no balls.


12 posted on 08/27/2025 6:29:49 PM PDT by 1ScrappyArmyMom
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To: MinorityRepublican; All

Comments plus other possible causes. Infertility. Those who want DEPOPULATION are smart and EVIL.


13 posted on 08/28/2025 4:26:23 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: metmom

Yes. What will our children and grandchildren be facing? There’s lots of good. There’s too much evil.


14 posted on 08/28/2025 4:30:25 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: PGalt

There was a hint of the depopulation agenda in many predictive programming films.

“Children of Men” trailer

“Why are women infertile? Some say it is genetic experiments...” ( .39 seconds point)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VT2apoX90o

And toxic injections labeled as “vaccines”.

“Utopia” ( 1:10 point)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBSU4cOUUYg


15 posted on 08/28/2025 8:59:47 AM PDT by 444Flyer (John 3, Revelation 20, Joshua 24:15, 1 Kings 18:16-39, Pick a side...)
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To: 444Flyer

Thank you. BTTT. BUMP-TO-THE-TRUTH.


16 posted on 08/28/2025 9:47:07 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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