Birth rate|According to Statistics Finland, the birth rate is lower the larger the municipality a woman lives in.
In the year In 2023, the birth rate in Finland fell to the lowest level in statistical history, it turns out Statistics Finland of information. The total fertility rate was 1.26 children per woman, which is the lowest number in the statistics since 1776.
Just under 43,400 children were born last year.
The lowest total fertility rate was in Kymenlaakso, where 1.01 children were born per woman.
“Municipalities with a birth rate of more than three children per woman are a rarity in Finland today. While in 2008–2011 there were a total of 17 such municipalities, in 2020–2023 there were only four,” says the Chief Actuary of Statistics Finland Juhana Nordberg in the bulletin.
According to Statistics Finland, the birth rate is lower the larger the municipality a woman lives in.
Of those who gave birth According to Statistics Finland, more and more women speak foreign languages.
According to Statistics Finland, the proportion of children born to foreign-speaking women has grown steadily among all children born in the same year. It has been growing almost throughout the 2000s.
“While the number of children born to native-speaking women has mostly decreased since 2010, the number of children born to foreign-speaking women is increasing,” says Nordberg.
Total fertility tells how many children a woman would give birth to on average if the birth rate remained at the same level throughout the woman’s entire reproductive life.
According to Statistics Finland, the total fertility rate should be around 2.1 in order for the population to renew itself without migration.
in Finland the average age of those who have become biologically older has been rising gently for decades. Last year, the average age of those who became a biological mother for the first time rose to 30.3 years, and the average age of all those who became a biological mother rose to 31.8 years.
On the other hand, the average age of those who became a biological father for the first time rose to 32.2 years. The average age of all those who became a biological father rose to 34.1 years.
Life expectancy for boys born in 2023 was 79 years and for girls 84.2 years. For both, life expectancy increased slightly compared to 2022.
Last year there were more than 61,300 deaths, which is almost 1,900 less than last year.
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