Fertility in Finland

This page gives information of type fertility about the country Finland.
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Data sources

Some data on this page comes from the Human Fertility Database (website www.humanfertility.org) (data downloaded February 26, 2014, last updated by HFD October 31, 2011). The data collected by the Human Fertility Database is based on government data collection by the government of Finland. You can download the data yourself here. Details about the modalities of data collection are available here. Where available, we use HFD data because of its higher reliability.

Data on period fertility

Total indicators only without breakdown by birth order

Year	Crude birth rate (CBR) (births per 1000 people)	CBR minus previous year's CBR	Total fertility rate (TFR) (sum of all age-specific fertility rates), ballpark for replacement fertility is 2.1	TFR minus previous year's TFR	TFR40	TFR40 minus previous year's TFR40
1939	21.22		2.55		2.322
1940	17.8	-3.42	2.146	-0.404	1.938	-0.384
1941	24.21	6.41	2.903	0.757	2.655	0.717
1942	16.64	-7.57	2.003	-0.9	1.801	-0.854
1943	20.47	3.83	2.467	0.464	2.228	0.427
1944	21.29	0.82	2.565	0.098	2.333	0.105
1945	25.55	4.26	3.08	0.515	2.84	0.507
1946	27.89	2.34	3.4	0.32	3.149	0.309
1947	28.04	0.15	3.463	0.063	3.223	0.074
1948	27.56	-0.48	3.452	-0.011	3.211	-0.012
1949	26.13	-1.43	3.319	-0.133	3.087	-0.124
1950	24.46	-1.67	3.152	-0.167	2.931	-0.156
1951	22.99	-1.47	3.007	-0.145	2.8	-0.131
1952	23.05	0.06	3.059	0.052	2.856	0.056
1953	21.95	-1.1	2.953	-0.106	2.762	-0.094
1954	21.45	-0.5	2.931	-0.022	2.751	-0.011
1955	21.19	-0.26	2.938	0.007	2.756	0.005
1956	20.76	-0.43	2.92	-0.018	2.752	-0.004
1957	20.11	-0.65	2.865	-0.055	2.702	-0.05
1958	18.61	-1.5	2.681	-0.184	2.531	-0.171
1959	18.94	0.33	2.756	0.075	2.609	0.078
1960	18.54	-0.4	2.721	-0.035	2.584	-0.025
1961	18.38	-0.16	2.716	-0.005	2.579	-0.005
1962	18.13	-0.25	2.684	-0.032	2.559	-0.02
1963	18.18	0.05	2.686	0.002	2.564	0.005
1964	17.68	-0.5	2.597	-0.089	2.477	-0.087
1965	17.06	-0.62	2.479	-0.118	2.371	-0.106
1966	16.96	-0.1	2.409	-0.07	2.315	-0.056
1967	16.77	-0.19	2.323	-0.086	2.233	-0.082
1968	15.91	-0.86	2.14	-0.183	2.062	-0.171
1969	14.58	-1.33	1.93	-0.21	1.866	-0.196
1970	14.01	-0.57	1.826	-0.104	1.776	-0.09
1971	13.24	-0.77	1.685	-0.141	1.646	-0.13
1972	12.68	-0.56	1.576	-0.109	1.543	-0.103
1973	12.17	-0.51	1.492	-0.084	1.46	-0.083
1974	13.32	1.15	1.613	0.121	1.581	0.121
1975	13.95	0.63	1.681	0.068	1.649	0.068
1976	14.14	0.19	1.704	0.023	1.673	0.024
1977	13.85	-0.29	1.679	-0.025	1.648	-0.025
1978	13.46	-0.39	1.643	-0.036	1.614	-0.034
1979	13.31	-0.15	1.636	-0.007	1.603	-0.011
1980	13.19	-0.12	1.632	-0.004	1.599	-0.004
1981	13.23	0.04	1.645	0.013	1.613	0.014
1982	13.7	0.47	1.715	0.07	1.679	0.066
1983	13.77	0.07	1.736	0.021	1.701	0.022
1984	13.33	-0.44	1.694	-0.042	1.658	-0.043
1985	12.82	-0.51	1.643	-0.051	1.607	-0.051
1986	12.34	-0.48	1.598	-0.045	1.564	-0.043
1987	12.13	-0.21	1.586	-0.012	1.55	-0.014
1988	12.8	0.67	1.693	0.107	1.655	0.105
1989	12.76	-0.04	1.708	0.015	1.671	0.016
1990	13.14	0.38	1.782	0.074	1.741	0.07
1991	13.04	-0.1	1.794	0.012	1.756	0.015
1992	13.24	0.2	1.848	0.054	1.806	0.05
1993	12.8	-0.44	1.814	-0.034	1.774	-0.032
1994	12.81	0.01	1.846	0.032	1.805	0.031
1995	12.35	-0.46	1.807	-0.039	1.763	-0.042
1996	11.85	-0.5	1.764	-0.043	1.721	-0.042
1997	11.54	-0.31	1.746	-0.018	1.701	-0.02
1998	11.08	-0.46	1.7	-0.046	1.653	-0.048
1999	11.15	0.07	1.735	0.035	1.686	0.033
2000	10.96	-0.19	1.729	-0.006	1.68	-0.006
2001	10.83	-0.13	1.726	-0.003	1.675	-0.005
2002	10.68	-0.15	1.718	-0.008	1.666	-0.009
2003	10.86	0.18	1.759	0.041	1.703	0.037
2004	11.04	0.18	1.8	0.041	1.742	0.039
2005	11.01	-0.03	1.803	0.003	1.746	0.004
2006	11.17	0.16	1.837	0.034	1.779	0.033
2007	11.1	-0.07	1.829	-0.008	1.769	-0.01
2008	11.2	0.1	1.846	0.017	1.786	0.017
2009	11.32	0.12	1.864	0.018	1.801	0.015
Maximum	28.04	6.41	3.463	0.757	3.223	0.717
Minimum	10.68	-7.57	1.492	-0.9	1.46	-0.854
Average	16.0545070423	-0.1414285714	2.1722112676	-0.0098	2.0716901408	-0.0074428571
Median	13.77	-0.175	1.837	-0.008	1.779	-0.0095
Standard deviation	4.8701668463	1.5655857687	0.5812976841	0.1900521362	0.5125091941	0.1806376496
Slope for best linear fit (using linear regression)	-0.2076056338	0.0005353862	-0.0216866197	8.64316332779277E-005	-0.0185520121	-2.53171201119763E-005
Multiplier for best logarithmic fit (using linear regression on logarithm)	0.98751546		0.9906095141		0.9915727126
$R^{2}$ for linear regression	0.7741055638	0.0069594978	0.592920057	0.0092552368	0.5581980487	-0.0028522895

Total fertility rate broken down by birth order

Year	TFR	TFR1	TFR2	TFR3	TFR4	TFR5+	TFR1 proportion	TFR2 proportion	TFR3 proportion	TFR4 proportion	TFR5+ proportion
1939	2.55
1940	2.146
1941	2.903
1942	2.003
1943	2.467
1944	2.565
1945	3.08
1946	3.4
1947	3.463
1948	3.452
1949	3.319
1950	3.152
1951	3.007
1952	3.059
1953	2.953
1954	2.931
1955	2.938
1956	2.92
1957	2.865
1958	2.681
1959	2.756
1960	2.721
1961	2.716
1962	2.684
1963	2.686
1964	2.597
1965	2.479
1966	2.409
1967	2.323
1968	2.14
1969	1.93
1970	1.826
1971	1.685
1972	1.576
1973	1.492
1974	1.613
1975	1.681
1976	1.704
1977	1.679
1978	1.643
1979	1.636
1980	1.632
1981	1.645
1982	1.715	0.712	0.624	0.26	0.069	0.05	0.4151603499	0.3638483965	0.1516034985	0.0402332362	0.029154519
1983	1.736	0.7	0.634	0.275	0.078	0.049	0.4032258065	0.3652073733	0.1584101382	0.0449308756	0.0282258065
1984	1.694	0.675	0.611	0.28	0.078	0.051	0.3984651712	0.3606847698	0.1652892562	0.0460448642	0.0301062574
1985	1.643	0.66	0.587	0.268	0.078	0.05	0.4017041996	0.3572732806	0.1631162508	0.0474741327	0.0304321363
1986	1.598	0.637	0.577	0.26	0.075	0.049	0.3986232791	0.3610763454	0.1627033792	0.0469336671	0.0306633292
1987	1.586	0.642	0.566	0.254	0.074	0.05	0.4047919294	0.3568726356	0.1601513241	0.0466582598	0.0315258512
1988	1.693	0.685	0.595	0.283	0.079	0.051	0.4046072061	0.3514471353	0.1671588895	0.0466627289	0.0301240402
1989	1.708	0.696	0.588	0.287	0.084	0.053	0.4074941452	0.3442622951	0.1680327869	0.0491803279	0.031030445
1990	1.782	0.731	0.595	0.307	0.092	0.057	0.4102132435	0.3338945006	0.1722783389	0.051627385	0.031986532
1991	1.794	0.751	0.597	0.295	0.093	0.058	0.4186176143	0.3327759197	0.1644370123	0.0518394649	0.0323299889
1992	1.848	0.756	0.625	0.304	0.101	0.062	0.4090909091	0.3382034632	0.1645021645	0.0546536797	0.0335497835
1993	1.814	0.739	0.621	0.294	0.098	0.062	0.4073869901	0.342337376	0.1620727674	0.0540242558	0.0341786108
1994	1.846	0.73	0.63	0.31	0.105	0.071	0.3954496208	0.3412784399	0.1679306609	0.05687974	0.0384615385
1995	1.807	0.723	0.62	0.298	0.099	0.067	0.4001106807	0.3431101273	0.1649142225	0.0547869397	0.0370780299
1996	1.764	0.715	0.599	0.288	0.096	0.065	0.4053287982	0.339569161	0.1632653061	0.0544217687	0.0368480726
1997	1.746	0.717	0.595	0.274	0.092	0.068	0.410652921	0.3407789233	0.156930126	0.0526918671	0.0389461627
1998	1.7	0.697	0.574	0.268	0.092	0.069	0.41	0.3376470588	0.1576470588	0.0541176471	0.0405882353
1999	1.735	0.717	0.575	0.278	0.095	0.07	0.4132564841	0.3314121037	0.1602305476	0.0547550432	0.0403458213
2000	1.729	0.712	0.579	0.273	0.093	0.072	0.4117987276	0.3348756507	0.1578947368	0.0537883169	0.041642568
2001	1.726	0.714	0.573	0.273	0.094	0.072	0.4136732329	0.33198146	0.1581691773	0.0544611819	0.0417149479
2002	1.718	0.718	0.568	0.266	0.091	0.076	0.4179278231	0.3306169965	0.1548311991	0.0529685681	0.0442374854
2003	1.759	0.744	0.581	0.269	0.089	0.077	0.4229675952	0.3303013076	0.1529277999	0.0505969301	0.0437748721
2004	1.8	0.759	0.589	0.274	0.098	0.079	0.4216666667	0.3272222222	0.1522222222	0.0544444444	0.0438888889
2005	1.803	0.763	0.595	0.268	0.095	0.082	0.4231835829	0.3300055463	0.1486411536	0.0526899612	0.045479756
2006	1.837	0.774	0.611	0.273	0.096	0.084	0.4213391399	0.3326075122	0.1486118672	0.0522591181	0.0457267284
2007	1.829	0.766	0.61	0.271	0.094	0.088	0.4188080919	0.3335155823	0.148168398	0.0513942045	0.0481137233
2008	1.846	0.77	0.619	0.274	0.096	0.087	0.4171180932	0.33531961	0.1484290358	0.0520043337	0.0471289274
2009	1.864	0.782	0.624	0.276	0.094	0.087	0.419527897	0.3347639485	0.1480686695	0.0504291845	0.0466738197
Maximum	1.864	0.782	0.634	0.31	0.105	0.088	0.4231835829	0.3652073733	0.1722783389	0.05687974	0.0481137233
Minimum	1.586	0.637	0.566	0.254	0.069	0.049	0.3954496208	0.3272222222	0.1480686695	0.0402332362	0.0282258065
Average	1.7542857143	0.7208928571	0.5986428571	0.2785714286	0.0899285714	0.0662857143	0.4107925071	0.341531755	0.1588799281	0.0511768617	0.037641317
Median	1.7525	0.7175	0.595	0.274	0.093	0.0675	0.4104330823	0.337925261	0.1592807312	0.0521317259	0.0377697842
Standard deviation	0.0735400406	0.0383389747	0.0205574431	0.0144284405	0.0092373179	0.0130578688	0.0081156201	0.0115697151	0.0070089369	0.0038435149	0.0064544656
Slope for best linear fit (using linear regression)	0.0053913519	0.0034518336	-0.0002041598	-0.0001882868	0.0007684729	0.0015582923	0.0007060082	-0.0011884241	-0.0005832418	0.0002908048	0.0007719664
Multiplier for best logarithmic fit (using linear regression on logarithm)	1.0031100609	1.004834187	0.9996678027	0.9993958043	1.0091689728	1.0240710172	1.0017187805	0.9965684142	0.9962972592	1.0060401267	1.0208959685
$R^{2}$ for linear regression	0.363682513	0.548521303	0.006673861	0.0115232714	0.4683172149	0.9636693011	0.5120953231	0.7139574725	0.4685626863	0.3873652691	0.9679456589

Tempo-adjusted total fertility rate

Year	tempo-adjusted total fertility rate (adjTFR)	adjTFR1	adjTFR2	adjTFR3	adjTFR4	adjTFR5+	adjTFR1 proportion	adjTFR2 proportion	adjTFR3 proportion	adjTFR4 proportion	adjTFR5+ proportion
1983	1.976	0.821	0.732	0.302	0.082	0.04	0.41548583	0.3704453441	0.1528340081	0.0414979757	0.020242915
1984	1.93	0.808	0.674	0.326	0.072	0.05	0.4186528497	0.3492227979	0.1689119171	0.0373056995	0.0259067358
1985	1.875	0.799	0.671	0.285	0.069	0.05	0.4261333333	0.3578666667	0.152	0.0368	0.0266666667
1986	1.85	0.782	0.684	0.262	0.082	0.04	0.4227027027	0.3697297297	0.1416216216	0.0443243243	0.0216216216
1987	1.782	0.768	0.627	0.263	0.078	0.047	0.430976431	0.3518518519	0.1475869809	0.0437710438	0.0263748597
1988	1.764	0.753	0.619	0.268	0.072	0.052	0.4268707483	0.3509070295	0.1519274376	0.0408163265	0.029478458
1989	1.806	0.73	0.643	0.297	0.088	0.049	0.4042081949	0.3560354374	0.1644518272	0.0487264673	0.0271317829
1990	1.884	0.766	0.638	0.328	0.098	0.055	0.406581741	0.338641189	0.1740976645	0.0520169851	0.0291932059
1991	1.853	0.822	0.591	0.301	0.082	0.057	0.4436049649	0.3189422558	0.1624392876	0.0442525634	0.0307609282
1992	1.956	0.872	0.634	0.293	0.094	0.062	0.445807771	0.3241308793	0.149795501	0.0480572597	0.0316973415
1993	1.945	0.874	0.659	0.277	0.085	0.051	0.4493573265	0.3388174807	0.1424164524	0.0437017995	0.0262210797
1994	2.104	0.887	0.711	0.332	0.109	0.066	0.4215779468	0.3379277567	0.1577946768	0.0518060837	0.0313688213
1995	2.093	0.848	0.712	0.325	0.125	0.084	0.4051600573	0.3401815576	0.1552795031	0.0597228858	0.0401337793
1996	1.953	0.791	0.678	0.313	0.107	0.065	0.4050179211	0.3471582181	0.160266257	0.0547875064	0.0332821301
1997	1.94	0.794	0.682	0.31	0.091	0.064	0.4092783505	0.3515463918	0.1597938144	0.0469072165	0.0329896907
1998	1.813	0.699	0.655	0.302	0.085	0.072	0.3855488141	0.361279647	0.166574738	0.0468836183	0.0397131826
1999	1.79	0.704	0.623	0.302	0.098	0.064	0.3932960894	0.3480446927	0.1687150838	0.0547486034	0.0357541899
2000	1.799	0.75	0.593	0.281	0.109	0.067	0.4168982768	0.3296275709	0.1561978877	0.0605892162	0.0372429127
2001	1.851	0.783	0.602	0.291	0.1	0.074	0.4230145867	0.3252296056	0.1572123177	0.0540248514	0.0399783901
2002	1.928	0.85	0.639	0.282	0.086	0.073	0.4408713693	0.3314315353	0.1462655602	0.0446058091	0.0378630705
2003	1.929	0.844	0.645	0.274	0.091	0.076	0.4375324002	0.33437014	0.1420425091	0.0471747019	0.0393986522
2004	1.88	0.798	0.636	0.275	0.091	0.079	0.4244680851	0.3382978723	0.1462765957	0.0484042553	0.0420212766
2005	1.916	0.835	0.641	0.267	0.098	0.074	0.4358037578	0.3345511482	0.1393528184	0.0511482255	0.0386221294
2006	1.944	0.854	0.622	0.285	0.101	0.083	0.4393004115	0.3199588477	0.1466049383	0.0519547325	0.0426954733
2007	1.934	0.839	0.633	0.277	0.09	0.096	0.4338159255	0.3273009307	0.1432264736	0.0465356774	0.0496380558
2008	1.939	0.818	0.672	0.264	0.09	0.095	0.4218669417	0.3465703971	0.136152656	0.0464156782	0.048994327
Maximum	2.104	0.887	0.732	0.332	0.125	0.096	0.4493573265	0.3704453441	0.1740976645	0.0605892162	0.0496380558
Minimum	1.764	0.699	0.591	0.262	0.069	0.04	0.3855488141	0.3189422558	0.136152656	0.0368	0.020242915
Average	1.9013076923	0.8034230769	0.6506153846	0.2916153846	0.0912692308	0.0648076923	0.4224551087	0.3423102682	0.153455328	0.0479607502	0.0340381414
Median	1.922	0.8035	0.642	0.288	0.0905	0.0645	0.4228586447	0.3394995191	0.152417004	0.0470409592	0.0331359104
Standard deviation	0.085106413	0.050430287	0.0358039963	0.0213711524	0.0128391828	0.0154428475	0.0163132106	0.0142370139	0.0101977424	0.0059918401	0.0077193627
Slope for best linear fit (using linear regression)	0.0014680342	0.0011579487	-0.0015022222	-0.0008068376	0.0007832479	0.0018396581	0.0002654179	-0.0010556154	-0.0005295293	0.000381518	0.0009399533
Multiplier for best logarithmic fit (using linear regression on logarithm)	1.0008057022	1.001422864	0.9977582285	0.9973140408	1.0092944896	1.0294789324	1.0006166649	0.9969549797	0.9965111496	1.0084819535	1.0286501468
$R^{2}$ for linear regression	0.0174061865	0.0308426467	0.1029819764	0.0833819888	0.2177105816	0.8301858841	0.0154859294	0.3216099629	0.1577349059	0.2371731414	0.8673721826