Fertility & birth rates in Czech Republic and Finland

Fertility rate in Czech Republic vs Finland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Czech Republic was 1.45 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 the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Finland
1960	2.09	2.72
1961	2.11	2.72
1962	2.12	2.68
1963	2.31	2.68
1964	2.34	2.59
1965	2.18	2.48
1966	2.02	2.41
1967	1.91	2.32
1968	1.84	2.14
1969	1.87	1.93
1970	1.92	1.83
1971	2	1.68
1972	2.09	1.58
1973	2.31	1.49
1974	2.46	1.61
1975	2.43	1.68
1976	2.39	1.7
1977	2.34	1.68
1978	2.33	1.64
1979	2.27	1.64
1980	2.08	1.63
1981	2	1.64
1982	2	1.71
1983	1.97	1.74
1984	1.97	1.69
1985	1.95	1.64
1986	1.92	1.6
1987	1.91	1.59
1988	1.94	1.69
1989	1.87	1.71
1990	1.9	1.78
1991	1.86	1.79
1992	1.71	1.85
1993	1.67	1.81
1994	1.44	1.85
1995	1.28	1.81
1996	1.18	1.78
1997	1.17	1.75
1998	1.16	1.7
1999	1.13	1.73
2000	1.15	1.73
2001	1.15	1.73
2002	1.17	1.72
2003	1.18	1.76
2004	1.23	1.8
2005	1.29	1.8
2006	1.34	1.84
2007	1.45	1.83
2008	1.51	1.85
2009	1.51	1.86
2010	1.51	1.87
2011	1.43	1.83
2012	1.45	1.8
2013	1.46	1.75
2014	1.53	1.71
2015	1.57	1.65
2016	1.63	1.57
2017	1.69	1.49
2018	1.71	1.41
2019	1.71	1.35
2020	1.74	1.37
2021	1.83	1.46
2022	1.64	1.32
2023	1.45	1.26
2024	1.46	1.27
2025	1.47	1.28
2026	1.48	1.28
2027	1.48	1.29
2028	1.49	1.3
2029	1.49	1.3
2030	1.5	1.31
2031	1.51	1.31
2032	1.51	1.32
2033	1.52	1.32
2034	1.52	1.33
2035	1.53	1.34
2036	1.53	1.34
2037	1.54	1.35
2038	1.54	1.35
2039	1.54	1.35
2040	1.55	1.36
2041	1.55	1.36
2042	1.55	1.37
2043	1.55	1.37
2044	1.56	1.37
2045	1.56	1.37
2046	1.56	1.38
2047	1.56	1.38
2048	1.56	1.39
2049	1.57	1.39
2050	1.57	1.39

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Czech Republic	Finland
1960	25.6%	30.4%
1961	25.1%	29.8%
1962	24.5%	29.1%
1963	23.9%	28.4%
1964	23.5%	27.7%
1965	23.2%	27.1%
1966	22.7%	26.6%
1967	22.3%	26.2%
1968	21.9%	25.7%
1969	21.6%	25.2%
1970	21.3%	24.6%
1971	21.1%	24%
1972	21.1%	23.4%
1973	21.2%	22.9%
1974	21.6%	22.4%
1975	22.1%	22%
1976	22.6%	21.7%
1977	22.9%	21.3%
1978	23.2%	21%
1979	23.4%	20.6%
1980	23.4%	20.3%
1981	23.5%	20%
1982	23.5%	19.8%
1983	23.5%	19.6%
1984	23.5%	19.5%
1985	23.4%	19.4%
1986	23.2%	19.3%
1987	23%	19.3%
1988	22.6%	19.3%
1989	22%	19.4%
1990	21.4%	19.3%
1991	20.9%	19.2%
1992	20.3%	19.2%
1993	19.8%	19.1%
1994	19.2%	19.1%
1995	18.7%	19%
1996	18.2%	18.9%
1997	17.7%	18.8%
1998	17.3%	18.6%
1999	16.9%	18.3%
2000	16.5%	18.2%
2001	16.1%	18%
2002	15.7%	17.9%
2003	15.3%	17.7%
2004	15%	17.5%
2005	14.7%	17.4%
2006	14.4%	17.2%
2007	14.3%	17%
2008	14.2%	16.8%
2009	14.2%	16.7%
2010	14.4%	16.6%
2011	14.6%	16.5%
2012	14.8%	16.4%
2013	14.9%	16.4%
2014	15.1%	16.4%
2015	15.3%	16.4%
2016	15.4%	16.3%
2017	15.6%	16.2%
2018	15.8%	16.1%
2019	15.9%	15.9%
2020	16%	15.7%
2021	16.1%	15.5%
2022	15.9%	15.2%
2023	15.7%	14.9%
2024	15.4%	14.6%
2025	15.1%	14.3%
2026	14.8%	14%
2027	14.6%	13.7%
2028	14.4%	13.4%
2029	14.2%	13.2%
2030	14%	12.9%
2031	13.8%	12.7%
2032	13.5%	12.6%
2033	13.3%	12.5%
2034	13%	12.4%
2035	12.9%	12.4%
2036	12.7%	12.4%
2037	12.5%	12.4%
2038	12.5%	12.4%
2039	12.6%	12.5%
2040	12.7%	12.5%
2041	12.8%	12.6%
2042	12.9%	12.7%
2043	13.1%	12.7%
2044	13.2%	12.8%
2045	13.4%	12.9%
2046	13.5%	13%
2047	13.7%	13%
2048	13.8%	13.1%
2049	13.9%	13.1%
2050	14%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in the Czech Republic and 14.6% in Finland in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 19.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Czech Republic and Finland compared.

Natural population change in Czech Republic vs Finland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Finland
1960	34,567	42,082
1961	36,430	41,487
1962	29,836	38,627
1963	48,353	40,258
1964	52,531	38,208
1965	43,029	33,771
1966	35,355	34,356
1967	29,558	33,622
1968	21,728	28,684
1969	22,762	21,732
1970	24,646	20,268
1971	31,445	15,220
1972	44,404	14,847
1973	57,549	13,532
1974	66,923	17,824
1975	67,393	21,673
1976	61,768	21,738
1977	55,009	21,799
1978	52,234	20,436
1979	44,257	19,535
1980	17,517	18,640
1981	13,391	18,720
1982	10,315	22,686
1983	3,097	21,851
1984	5,165	20,015
1985	4,135	14,707
1986	1,034	13,279
1987	4,138	11,837
1988	7,249	14,344
1989	1,036	14,396
1990	1,034	15,458
1991	4,124	16,044
1992	1,032	16,639
1993	3,099	13,679
1994	-11,367	17,300
1995	-21,687	13,791
1996	-21,662	11,274
1997	-21,639	9,766
1998	-18,530	7,730
1999	-20,568	7,748
2000	-17,433	7,765
2001	-16,347	7,263
2002	-15,296	6,241
2003	-17,330	7,819
2004	-9,177	9,933
2005	-6,126	9,968
2006	1,024	11,059
2007	9,268	9,519
2008	14,538	10,627
2009	10,444	10,678
2010	10,475	10,191
2011	2,099	9,160
2012	0	7,579
2013	-2,103	6,527
2014	4,210	4,915
2015	0	2,740
2016	5,283	-1,099
2017	3,178	-3,856
2018	1,063	-7,170
2019	0	-8,282
2020	-19,257	-8,847
2021	-28,365	-7,757
2022	-19,209	-18,335
2023	-21,729	-17,869

Maternal mortality chart: Czech Republic vs Finland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Czech Republic, compared to 8 deaths in Finland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Czech Republic	Finland
1985	15	7
1986	17	8
1987	15	7
1988	16	8
1989	15	8
1990	15	8
1991	15	8
1992	13	8
1993	12	7
1994	11	7
1995	10	7
1996	8	7
1997	8	7
1998	7	7
1999	7	7
2000	7	7
2001	6	7
2002	6	7
2003	6	7
2004	5	7
2005	5	8
2006	5	7
2007	4	7
2008	4	7
2009	4	8
2010	4	8
2011	4	7
2012	4	8
2013	3	8
2014	3	7
2015	3	7
2016	3	7
2017	3	8
2018	3	8
2019	3	8
2020	3	9
2021	4	8
2022	3	8
2023	3	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	Finland
1960	2.48%	2.68%
1961	2.44%	2.53%
1962	2.42%	2.38%
1963	2.43%	2.25%
1964	2.44%	2.13%
1965	2.46%	2.02%
1966	2.47%	1.92%
1967	2.48%	1.84%
1968	2.47%	1.76%
1969	2.46%	1.68%
1970	2.43%	1.61%
1971	2.39%	1.54%
1972	2.34%	1.46%
1973	2.29%	1.39%
1974	2.23%	1.31%
1975	2.16%	1.23%
1976	2.08%	1.14%
1977	1.99%	1.06%
1978	1.89%	0.99%
1979	1.78%	0.92%
1980	1.68%	0.87%
1981	1.59%	0.82%
1982	1.52%	0.79%
1983	1.47%	0.76%
1984	1.44%	0.75%
1985	1.41%	0.73%
1986	1.38%	0.73%
1987	1.35%	0.72%
1988	1.3%	0.71%
1989	1.25%	0.69%
1990	1.21%	0.67%
1991	1.17%	0.64%
1992	1.11%	0.61%
1993	1.03%	0.58%
1994	0.94%	0.55%
1995	0.85%	0.52%
1996	0.77%	0.49%
1997	0.7%	0.47%
1998	0.63%	0.46%
1999	0.58%	0.44%
2000	0.55%	0.43%
2001	0.52%	0.42%
2002	0.5%	0.41%
2003	0.48%	0.4%
2004	0.46%	0.39%
2005	0.44%	0.37%
2006	0.41%	0.36%
2007	0.39%	0.35%
2008	0.37%	0.33%
2009	0.35%	0.32%
2010	0.34%	0.3%
2011	0.33%	0.29%
2012	0.32%	0.28%
2013	0.31%	0.26%
2014	0.31%	0.26%
2015	0.32%	0.25%
2016	0.32%	0.24%
2017	0.32%	0.24%
2018	0.31%	0.24%
2019	0.3%	0.23%
2020	0.29%	0.23%
2021	0.28%	0.23%
2022	0.27%	0.23%
2023	0.26%	0.23%