Birth rate remains low in Finland in H1

Finland's population increased by 8,013 persons in January-June period, according to Statistics Finland.

Country´s population was 5,541,806 at the end of June. The reason for the population increase was migration gain from abroad:.

The number of immigrants was 10,152 higher than that of emigrants, the number of which was the lowest in Finland since 1998.

The number of births was 2,707 lower than that of deaths in the first six months of this year.

A total of 24,570 children were born in January-June period, which is 1,639 more than in the corresponding period 2020. The number of deaths was 27,277 which is 661 lower than one year earlier.

According to preliminary data, the birth rate rose slightly from the previous year. Over the previous twelve months (July 2020 to June 2021), the total fertility rate was 1.42, while the figure for the calendar year 2020 was 1.37.

Altogether 14,844 persons immigrated to Finland from abroad and 4,692 persons emigrated from Finland during January–June.

The number of immigrants was 723 higher and the number of emigrants 1,827 lower than in the previous year.

The number of emigrations in the early part of the year was lowest in the 21st century. In all, 3,887 of the immigrants and 2,970 of the emigrants were Finnish citizens. In all, 26 per cent of the immigrants and 63 per cent of the emigrants were Finnish citizens.