Pregnancy in the United Kingdom (UK) - statistics & facts
Pregnancy is a physiological condition; it is the duration in which the fetus develops inside the womb or the uterus. Pregnancy normally lasts for 40 weeks, or around nine months, as measured from the last menstrual period to delivery. In the United Kingdom, birth rates have fallen year-on-year in the last decade, and in 2021 the live birth rate amounted to 10.7 births per 1,000 population. This measures as a total of over 694 thousand live births overall in the UK in 2021.
