Collection

Sex ratios at birth: statistics

This collection brings together all statistics recording sex ratios at birth.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 5 October 2015
• Last updated: 12 October 2023 — See all updates

The Department of Health and Social Care examines birth ratios for all mothers, by mother’s country of birth and by the ethnicity of the child.

Analyses of sex ratios at birth

• Sex ratios at birth in the United Kingdom: 2017 to 2021
  • 12 October 2023
  • Official Statistics
• Sex ratios at birth in the United Kingdom: 2016 to 2020
  • 10 November 2022
  • Official Statistics
• Sex ratios at birth in the United Kingdom: 2015 to 2019
  • 14 October 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Sex ratios at birth in the United Kingdom: 2014 to 2018
  • 8 October 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Sex ratios at birth in Great Britain: 2013 to 2017
  • 10 October 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Sex ratios at birth in Great Britain: 2012 to 2016
  • 23 October 2018
  • Official Statistics
• Gender ratios at birth in Great Britain, 2011 to 2015
  • 18 October 2017
  • Official Statistics
• Gender ratios at birth in Great Britain, 2010 to 2014
  • 19 July 2016
  • Official Statistics
• Abortion on grounds of sex of the foetus
  • 27 August 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Analysis of male to female birth ratios: 2008 to 2012
  • 23 May 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Analysis of male to female birth ratios in the UK: 2007 to 2011
  • 20 May 2013
  • Research and analysis

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  • 23 May 2014
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  • 23 May 2014
  • Research and analysis
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Published 5 October 2015
Last updated 12 October 2023 + show all updates

1. 12 October 2023

   Added: 'Sex ratios at birth in the United Kingdom: 2017 to 2021'.

2. 10 November 2022

   Added 'Sex ratios at birth in the United Kingdom: 2016 to 2020'.

3. 14 October 2021

   Added 2015 to 2019 report.

4. 8 October 2020

   Added 'Sex ratios at birth in the United Kingdom: 2014 to 2018'

5. 23 October 2018

   Added 'Sex ratios at birth in Great Britain: 2012 to 2016' to collection.

6. 18 October 2017

   Added official statistics for gender ratios at birth in Great Britain, 2011 to 2015.

7. 5 October 2015

   First published.