Fertile Age

Data for 1851	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	3,512,462	3,756,903
Other	5,268,763	5,389,481

Data for 1861	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	3,850,835	4,224,109
Other	5,925,424	6,065,856

Data for 1871	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	4,279,378	4,690,150
Other	6,779,556	6,963,182

Data for 1881	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	4,899,384	5,314,517
Other	7,740,518	8,020,020

Data for 1891	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	5,589,643	6,100,145
Other	8,463,258	8,849,479

Data for 1901	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	6,650,496	7,295,459
Other	9,078,117	9,503,771

Data for 1911	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	7,596,917	8,306,506
Other	9,848,691	10,318,378

Data for 1921	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	7,728,197	8,936,698
Other	10,347,042	10,874,762

Data for 1931	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	8,460,333	9,467,071
Other	10,672,677	11,352,296

Data for 1951	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	9,413,768	9,732,677
Other	11,601,865	13,009,579

Data for 1961	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	9,075,827	9,140,161
Other	13,228,006	14,660,554

Data for 1971	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	9,354,100	9,270,920
Other	14,293,444	15,789,007

Data for 1981	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	9,595,608	9,470,907
Other	14,025,766	15,425,426

Data for 1991	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	11,192,501	10,959,805
Other	13,802,499	15,145,277

Data for 2001	Sex
Ages grouped by fertility	Male	Female
Fertile	10,658,530	10,928,514
Other	14,668,760	15,786,112

Date:	Source:
1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Ages, Table [1], 'Ages of the People'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2, 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1871	1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2, 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2, 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1891	1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2, 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1901	1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 26, 'Ages of Persons, Males and Females, in the Registration County, and in Registration Districts, 1901'
1911	1911 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 11, 'Registration Counties and Registration Districts - Persons, Males and Females in each registration county; Males and Females in each registration district at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups, 1911'
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14, 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 14, 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 21, 'Ages (quinary) by Marital Condition', for 'AC, Urban Area with population of 50,000 or more'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6, 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, NT'
1971 - 2001	Census of Population

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1851 - 1871	David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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