The total number of babies born in 2018 - 657,076 - was down nearly 10% on 2012.
The average number of children born to women, known as the total fertility rate, is also down, to 1.7 - from 1.76 in 2017.
This is a good measure of fertility levels and can be affected by changes in the timing of when women have babies, as well as size of families and population structure.In England and Wales, ONS stats show that the stillbirth rate has reached a record low for the second year in 2018 - of 4.1 stillbirths per 1,000 births.The government in England has committed to reducing the stillbirth rate to 2.6 per 1,000 by 2025.
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