This page is archived.

Data published after 5 April 2022 can be found on the renewed website.

Go to the new statistics page

Official Statistics of Finland

Births

Producer: Statistics Finland
Data:

Latest release:
Turn in the birth rate was especially visible among persons aged over 30 and highly educated
03 Dec 2021
According to Statistics Finland's data on population changes, the birth rate rose slightly in 2020, from 1.35 to 1.37 children per woman. The change in the birth rate was particularly visible for women aged 30 to 39, whose fertility grew most. Women's total fertility rate rose only among highly educated, but among men there was an increase in all educational groups.

Description: The statistics on births contain all the children whose mother was permanently resident in Finland at the time of their birth. The statistics contain data on the child, mother and the mother’s spouse.
Read full description >>>
Keywords: birth rate, children, fertility, increase of population, natality, population, population changes, vital statistics.
Statistics by keywords >>>

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Births [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-2413. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/synt/index_en.html