The UK witnesses an unprecedented growth rate of newly born babies to immigrant mothers, as of recent figures provided by the United Kingdom’s office for national statistics (ONS). Available figures reveal that 24 per cent of the total birth in the country (in 2011) to those women who are from foreign countries.
The Office for National Statistics said that an increasing proportion of child birth to foreign national clearly points out the changing demography make-up of the United Kingdom. It further emphasized on understanding the figure of child birth among foreign nationals who are living in the country as migrants, as it will help in offering services such as educational institutions and maternity facilities.
Throwing the spotlight on London that houses a large number of migrants, the figures also reveal that the city witnesses 57 per cent of new-born to non-UK mothers who came from many countries include India (15,000), Poland (23,000), Pakistan (19,000), Germany (7,000), Bangladesh (8,500) and Nigeria (8,000).
The figures spotted the number to the country born mothers that remained virtually stagnant between the year of 2007 and 2011. As of statistics, in 2011, 612,000 births of babies to UK based mothers against 603,000 in the year of 2007.
Quite the contrary,the number of births to non-UK born women reportedly increased by 16 per cent. It is clearly explained by the numbers of United Kingdom born and non-UK born mothers residing in the country.
The latest survey also observed that the fertility rate is a significant reason of rising birth to migrant mothers. It has been noticed that the fertility rates are quite higher among the migrant’s mothers than the UK-born women. The fertility also measures the women’s child bearing age and rising birth rates.
Here are detailed figures of the number of births to non-UK mothers from different countries.
India based women – 95
Poland based women – 90
Pakistani based women – 150
Nigerian based women – 140
Bangladeshi based women – 110
Moreover, survey also brought an important fact that the UK based mothers have, on average, 1.89 children, whereas non-UK based mothers have 2.28 children.
