Finland's birth rate lowest in Norden

Finland has had the lowest birth rate in the Nordic countries since 2014, according to Statistics Finland.

In Finland, the birth rate has fallen in relative terms more steeply than in all the other Nordic countries since 2010. T

he birth rate continued to fall in all Nordic countries in 2019, except for Iceland, where the fall in the birth rate ended in 2018.

In 2019, the birth rate rose slightly in Iceland from the previous year and was 1.75 children per woman.

The share of women with Finnish background in the birth rate decreased by one percentage point to 85 per cent in 2019 when measured with the total fertility rate.

In 2019, the total fertility rate for the whole country was 1.35 children per woman, of which the share of those with Finnish background was 1.15 children per woman. In 2010, the total fertility rate for the whole country was 1.87 children per woman, of which 1.72 were of Finnish background. It corresponded to 92 per cent of the birth rate in the whole country.