How many IVF babies have been born?
BioNews published an article in 2008 stating that 3.5 million IVF babies have been born world-wide. The first birth through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) took place in 1978, in the UK. IVF babies born in the US alone count over 250,000; in the UK, this population is over 146,000. Each year, about 200,000 IVF babies are born world-wide.