The data displays the total fertility rate in Scotland from 2000 to 2016. The rate was at its lowest in 2002, before peaking in 2008 at 1.76. Overall the total fertility rate increased slightly from 1.48 to 1.53 children that would be born to the average woman according to age-specific fertility. This development is reflected in the Scottish general fertility rate which captures the total number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44. In 2008, the general fertility rate of women in Scotland was highest at 56.4 live births per 1,000 women, meaning roughly every 18th woman had given birth that year.
