Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Finland

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Finland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.26 in Finland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs Finland population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Finland
1960	5.88	2.72
1961	5.94	2.72
1962	5.96	2.68
1963	5.95	2.68
1964	5.89	2.59
1965	5.79	2.48
1966	5.66	2.41
1967	5.38	2.32
1968	5.22	2.14
1969	5.07	1.93
1970	4.91	1.83
1971	4.77	1.68
1972	4.62	1.58
1973	4.45	1.49
1974	4.33	1.61
1975	4.18	1.68
1976	4.02	1.7
1977	3.87	1.68
1978	3.73	1.64
1979	3.61	1.64
1980	3.5	1.63
1981	3.41	1.64
1982	3.34	1.71
1983	3.29	1.74
1984	3.26	1.69
1985	2.91	1.64
1986	2.9	1.6
1987	2.9	1.59
1988	2.8	1.69
1989	2.8	1.71
1990	2.74	1.78
1991	2.87	1.79
1992	2.74	1.85
1993	2.7	1.81
1994	2.52	1.85
1995	2.29	1.81
1996	2.06	1.78
1997	2.07	1.75
1998	2	1.7
1999	2.07	1.73
2000	2	1.73
2001	1.8	1.73
2002	1.8	1.72
2003	1.9	1.76
2004	2.05	1.8
2005	2	1.8
2006	1.97	1.84
2007	1.97	1.83
2008	1.9	1.85
2009	1.82	1.86
2010	1.92	1.87
2011	1.96	1.83
2012	2	1.8
2013	1.98	1.75
2014	1.97	1.71
2015	1.94	1.65
2016	1.9	1.57
2017	1.75	1.49
2018	1.73	1.41
2019	1.81	1.35
2020	1.7	1.37
2021	1.52	1.46
2022	1.67	1.32
2023	1.55	1.26
2024	1.55	1.27
2025	1.54	1.28
2026	1.54	1.28
2027	1.54	1.29
2028	1.54	1.3
2029	1.54	1.3
2030	1.54	1.31
2031	1.53	1.31
2032	1.53	1.32
2033	1.53	1.32
2034	1.53	1.33
2035	1.53	1.34
2036	1.53	1.34
2037	1.53	1.35
2038	1.53	1.35
2039	1.52	1.35
2040	1.52	1.36
2041	1.52	1.36
2042	1.52	1.37
2043	1.52	1.37
2044	1.52	1.37
2045	1.52	1.37
2046	1.52	1.38
2047	1.52	1.38
2048	1.52	1.39
2049	1.52	1.39
2050	1.52	1.39

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Finland
1960	40.4%	30.4%
1961	42%	29.8%
1962	43.3%	29.1%
1963	44.2%	28.4%
1964	44.9%	27.7%
1965	45.3%	27.1%
1966	45.6%	26.6%
1967	45.7%	26.2%
1968	45.6%	25.7%
1969	45.3%	25.2%
1970	44.9%	24.6%
1971	44.3%	24%
1972	43.6%	23.4%
1973	42.7%	22.9%
1974	41.7%	22.4%
1975	40.6%	22%
1976	39.4%	21.7%
1977	38.1%	21.3%
1978	36.7%	21%
1979	35.6%	20.6%
1980	35%	20.3%
1981	34.4%	20%
1982	34%	19.8%
1983	33.8%	19.6%
1984	33.5%	19.5%
1985	33.4%	19.4%
1986	33.2%	19.3%
1987	33.1%	19.3%
1988	33.2%	19.3%
1989	33.5%	19.4%
1990	33.8%	19.3%
1991	34%	19.2%
1992	34.1%	19.2%
1993	34%	19.1%
1994	33.9%	19.1%
1995	33.6%	19%
1996	33.2%	18.9%
1997	32.8%	18.8%
1998	32.2%	18.6%
1999	31.4%	18.3%
2000	30.3%	18.2%
2001	29.2%	18%
2002	28.1%	17.9%
2003	27%	17.7%
2004	26%	17.5%
2005	25.1%	17.4%
2006	24.4%	17.2%
2007	23.8%	17%
2008	23.2%	16.8%
2009	22.7%	16.7%
2010	22.3%	16.6%
2011	22.2%	16.5%
2012	22.3%	16.4%
2013	22.7%	16.4%
2014	23.1%	16.4%
2015	23.5%	16.4%
2016	23.8%	16.3%
2017	23.9%	16.2%
2018	23.8%	16.1%
2019	23.5%	15.9%
2020	23.4%	15.7%
2021	23.1%	15.5%
2022	22.8%	15.2%
2023	22.3%	14.9%
2024	21.8%	14.6%
2025	21.2%	14.3%
2026	20.6%	14%
2027	20%	13.7%
2028	19.4%	13.4%
2029	18.9%	13.2%
2030	18.3%	12.9%
2031	17.9%	12.7%
2032	17.6%	12.6%
2033	17.5%	12.5%
2034	17.3%	12.4%
2035	17%	12.4%
2036	16.9%	12.4%
2037	16.8%	12.4%
2038	16.8%	12.4%
2039	16.8%	12.5%
2040	16.8%	12.5%
2041	16.8%	12.6%
2042	16.9%	12.7%
2043	16.9%	12.7%
2044	16.9%	12.8%
2045	16.8%	12.9%
2046	16.8%	13%
2047	16.8%	13%
2048	16.7%	13.1%
2049	16.6%	13.1%
2050	16.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 14.6% in Finland in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 19.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Finland compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Finland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and -0.12% in Finland. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Azerbaijan	Finland
1960	127,982	42,082
1961	133,870	41,487
1962	135,928	38,627
1963	136,762	40,258
1964	134,971	38,208
1965	131,114	33,771
1966	126,678	34,356
1967	118,988	33,622
1968	115,379	28,684
1969	111,387	21,732
1970	108,976	20,268
1971	106,948	15,220
1972	105,009	14,847
1973	103,208	13,532
1974	103,872	17,824
1975	103,472	21,673
1976	103,370	21,738
1977	102,304	21,799
1978	102,831	20,436
1979	104,864	19,535
1980	110,279	18,640
1981	121,400	18,720
1982	117,615	22,686
1983	125,966	21,851
1984	130,043	20,015
1985	132,068	14,707
1986	141,499	13,279
1987	138,195	11,837
1988	136,702	14,344
1989	141,531	14,396
1990	142,069	15,458
1991	147,607	16,044
1992	133,615	16,639
1993	123,664	13,679
1994	107,112	17,300
1995	93,755	13,791
1996	80,735	11,274
1997	84,653	9,766
1998	77,548	7,730
1999	71,047	7,748
2000	70,023	7,765
2001	64,890	7,263
2002	63,741	6,241
2003	64,226	7,819
2004	81,403	9,933
2005	89,793	9,968
2006	96,724	11,059
2007	97,827	9,519
2008	99,903	10,627
2009	99,315	10,678
2010	112,274	10,191
2011	122,002	9,160
2012	119,915	7,579
2013	117,710	6,527
2014	115,374	4,915
2015	110,967	2,740
2016	102,457	-1,099
2017	86,715	-3,856
2018	81,506	-7,170
2019	85,207	-8,282
2020	50,466	-8,847
2021	35,483	-7,757
2022	61,865	-18,335
2023	52,800	-17,869

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Finland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 8 deaths in Finland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Finland
1985	45	7
1986	48	8
1987	45	7
1988	45	8
1989	43	8
1990	41	8
1991	43	8
1992	56	8
1993	54	7
1994	58	7
1995	64	7
1996	58	7
1997	59	7
1998	54	7
1999	51	7
2000	46	7
2001	45	7
2002	40	7
2003	41	7
2004	40	7
2005	40	8
2006	33	7
2007	33	7
2008	30	7
2009	29	8
2010	28	8
2011	27	7
2012	28	8
2013	24	8
2014	23	7
2015	21	7
2016	22	7
2017	22	8
2018	21	8
2019	21	8
2020	21	9
2021	55	8
2022	32	8
2023	18	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 0.23% in Finland. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Azerbaijan	Finland
1960	-	2.68%
1961	-	2.53%
1962	-	2.38%
1963	-	2.25%
1964	-	2.13%
1965	-	2.02%
1966	-	1.92%
1967	-	1.84%
1968	-	1.76%
1969	-	1.68%
1970	-	1.61%
1971	-	1.54%
1972	-	1.46%
1973	-	1.39%
1974	-	1.31%
1975	-	1.23%
1976	-	1.14%
1977	-	1.06%
1978	-	0.99%
1979	-	0.92%
1980	-	0.87%
1981	-	0.82%
1982	10.9%	0.79%
1983	10.7%	0.76%
1984	10.4%	0.75%
1985	10.2%	0.73%
1986	9.96%	0.73%
1987	9.77%	0.72%
1988	9.62%	0.71%
1989	9.52%	0.69%
1990	9.48%	0.67%
1991	9.5%	0.64%
1992	9.52%	0.61%
1993	9.52%	0.58%
1994	9.47%	0.55%
1995	9.34%	0.52%
1996	9.1%	0.49%
1997	8.78%	0.47%
1998	8.37%	0.46%
1999	7.91%	0.44%
2000	7.4%	0.43%
2001	6.9%	0.42%
2002	6.41%	0.41%
2003	5.96%	0.4%
2004	5.55%	0.39%
2005	5.18%	0.37%
2006	4.85%	0.36%
2007	4.55%	0.35%
2008	4.27%	0.33%
2009	4.01%	0.32%
2010	3.77%	0.3%
2011	3.54%	0.29%
2012	3.32%	0.28%
2013	3.12%	0.26%
2014	2.95%	0.26%
2015	2.78%	0.25%
2016	2.63%	0.24%
2017	2.49%	0.24%
2018	2.36%	0.24%
2019	2.24%	0.23%
2020	2.13%	0.23%
2021	2.04%	0.23%
2022	1.94%	0.23%
2023	1.86%	0.23%