Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Finland

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Finland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 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 Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Finland
1960	6.51	2.72
1961	6.53	2.72
1962	6.56	2.68
1963	6.59	2.68
1964	6.61	2.59
1965	6.63	2.48
1966	6.66	2.41
1967	6.68	2.32
1968	6.7	2.14
1969	6.72	1.93
1970	6.78	1.83
1971	6.84	1.68
1972	6.9	1.58
1973	6.96	1.49
1974	7.02	1.61
1975	7.08	1.68
1976	7.13	1.7
1977	7.19	1.68
1978	7.23	1.64
1979	7.25	1.64
1980	7.29	1.63
1981	7.31	1.64
1982	7.34	1.71
1983	7.35	1.74
1984	7.36	1.69
1985	7.34	1.64
1986	7.32	1.6
1987	7.29	1.59
1988	7.26	1.69
1989	7.23	1.71
1990	7.2	1.78
1991	7.16	1.79
1992	7.13	1.85
1993	7.09	1.81
1994	7.05	1.85
1995	7	1.81
1996	6.93	1.78
1997	6.87	1.75
1998	6.79	1.7
1999	6.72	1.73
2000	6.65	1.73
2001	6.58	1.73
2002	6.5	1.72
2003	6.4	1.76
2004	6.3	1.8
2005	6.19	1.8
2006	6.05	1.84
2007	5.89	1.83
2008	5.7	1.85
2009	5.49	1.86
2010	5.28	1.87
2011	5.08	1.83
2012	4.89	1.8
2013	4.71	1.75
2014	4.61	1.71
2015	4.53	1.65
2016	4.47	1.57
2017	4.4	1.49
2018	4.37	1.41
2019	4.35	1.35
2020	4.27	1.37
2021	4.18	1.46
2022	4.08	1.32
2023	3.99	1.26
2024	3.91	1.27
2025	3.81	1.28
2026	3.72	1.28
2027	3.64	1.29
2028	3.57	1.3
2029	3.5	1.3
2030	3.43	1.31
2031	3.36	1.31
2032	3.3	1.32
2033	3.24	1.32
2034	3.19	1.33
2035	3.14	1.34
2036	3.08	1.34
2037	3.03	1.35
2038	2.99	1.35
2039	2.94	1.35
2040	2.9	1.36
2041	2.86	1.36
2042	2.83	1.37
2043	2.79	1.37
2044	2.75	1.37
2045	2.72	1.37
2046	2.68	1.38
2047	2.65	1.38
2048	2.62	1.39
2049	2.59	1.39
2050	2.55	1.39

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Finland
1960	42.2%	30.4%
1961	42.2%	29.8%
1962	42.1%	29.1%
1963	42.2%	28.4%
1964	42.3%	27.7%
1965	42.5%	27.1%
1966	42.9%	26.6%
1967	43.2%	26.2%
1968	43.5%	25.7%
1969	43.8%	25.2%
1970	44.2%	24.6%
1971	44.5%	24%
1972	44.9%	23.4%
1973	45.2%	22.9%
1974	45.4%	22.4%
1975	45.6%	22%
1976	45.7%	21.7%
1977	45.9%	21.3%
1978	46.1%	21%
1979	46.2%	20.6%
1980	46.3%	20.3%
1981	46.4%	20%
1982	46.5%	19.8%
1983	46.4%	19.6%
1984	46.2%	19.5%
1985	46.1%	19.4%
1986	46%	19.3%
1987	46%	19.3%
1988	46%	19.3%
1989	46.1%	19.4%
1990	46.2%	19.3%
1991	46.2%	19.2%
1992	46.2%	19.2%
1993	46.4%	19.1%
1994	46.5%	19.1%
1995	46.7%	19%
1996	46.9%	18.9%
1997	47.1%	18.8%
1998	47.4%	18.6%
1999	47.6%	18.3%
2000	47.7%	18.2%
2001	47.8%	18%
2002	47.8%	17.9%
2003	47.7%	17.7%
2004	47.6%	17.5%
2005	47.4%	17.4%
2006	47.2%	17.2%
2007	46.9%	17%
2008	46.6%	16.8%
2009	46.2%	16.7%
2010	45.7%	16.6%
2011	45.2%	16.5%
2012	44.6%	16.4%
2013	44%	16.4%
2014	43.4%	16.4%
2015	42.9%	16.4%
2016	42.3%	16.3%
2017	41.8%	16.2%
2018	41.3%	16.1%
2019	40.9%	15.9%
2020	40.5%	15.7%
2021	40.1%	15.5%
2022	39.7%	15.2%
2023	39.4%	14.9%
2024	39.1%	14.6%
2025	38.8%	14.3%
2026	38.5%	14%
2027	38.3%	13.7%
2028	38.1%	13.4%
2029	37.8%	13.2%
2030	37.6%	12.9%
2031	37.3%	12.7%
2032	37%	12.6%
2033	36.6%	12.5%
2034	36.2%	12.4%
2035	35.8%	12.4%
2036	35.4%	12.4%
2037	34.9%	12.4%
2038	34.5%	12.4%
2039	34%	12.5%
2040	33.6%	12.5%
2041	33.2%	12.6%
2042	32.8%	12.7%
2043	32.4%	12.7%
2044	32%	12.8%
2045	31.7%	12.9%
2046	31.3%	13%
2047	31%	13%
2048	30.7%	13.1%
2049	30.3%	13.1%
2050	30%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 14.6% in Finland in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 19.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Finland compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Finland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Finland
1960	511,694	42,082
1961	538,518	41,487
1962	563,650	38,627
1963	590,998	40,258
1964	618,667	38,208
1965	642,359	33,771
1966	616,281	34,356
1967	695,283	33,622
1968	715,602	28,684
1969	736,428	21,732
1970	760,821	20,268
1971	787,047	15,220
1972	779,808	14,847
1973	807,535	13,532
1974	777,306	17,824
1975	801,425	21,673
1976	899,577	21,738
1977	929,381	21,799
1978	943,388	20,436
1979	987,203	19,535
1980	1,007,516	18,640
1981	1,018,838	18,720
1982	1,080,853	22,686
1983	863,472	21,851
1984	920,670	20,015
1985	997,050	14,707
1986	1,050,277	13,279
1987	1,356,853	11,837
1988	1,393,356	14,344
1989	1,441,769	14,396
1990	1,479,663	15,458
1991	1,579,416	16,044
1992	1,673,839	16,639
1993	1,734,851	13,679
1994	1,788,133	17,300
1995	1,831,068	13,791
1996	1,896,364	11,274
1997	1,945,112	9,766
1998	1,984,989	7,730
1999	2,010,987	7,748
2000	2,083,622	7,765
2001	2,137,791	7,263
2002	2,189,683	6,241
2003	2,231,223	7,819
2004	2,296,999	9,933
2005	2,353,375	9,968
2006	2,393,585	11,059
2007	2,436,753	9,519
2008	2,465,283	10,627
2009	2,467,118	10,678
2010	2,498,048	10,191
2011	2,527,811	9,160
2012	2,533,398	7,579
2013	2,546,020	6,527
2014	2,623,647	4,915
2015	2,713,529	2,740
2016	2,809,889	-1,099
2017	2,899,143	-3,856
2018	3,015,231	-7,170
2019	3,132,780	-8,282
2020	3,199,718	-8,847
2021	3,204,673	-7,757
2022	3,300,114	-18,335
2023	3,338,649	-17,869

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Finland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 8 deaths in Finland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Finland
1985	1,329	7
1986	1,317	8
1987	1,289	7
1988	1,306	8
1989	1,296	8
1990	1,320	8
1991	1,239	8
1992	1,218	8
1993	1,168	7
1994	1,113	7
1995	1,060	7
1996	1,008	7
1997	957	7
1998	911	7
1999	901	7
2000	870	7
2001	856	7
2002	826	7
2003	797	7
2004	764	7
2005	754	8
2006	729	7
2007	704	7
2008	678	7
2009	649	8
2010	619	8
2011	588	7
2012	545	8
2013	494	8
2014	444	7
2015	401	7
2016	364	7
2017	327	8
2018	297	8
2019	269	8
2020	244	9
2021	250	8
2022	207	8
2023	195	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Finland
1960	-	2.68%
1961	-	2.53%
1962	-	2.38%
1963	-	2.25%
1964	-	2.13%
1965	-	2.02%
1966	27.8%	1.92%
1967	24.9%	1.84%
1968	24.8%	1.76%
1969	24.8%	1.68%
1970	24.7%	1.61%
1971	24.7%	1.54%
1972	24.7%	1.46%
1973	24.6%	1.39%
1974	28.3%	1.31%
1975	28.2%	1.23%
1976	24.5%	1.14%
1977	24.5%	1.06%
1978	24.4%	0.99%
1979	24.2%	0.92%
1980	24%	0.87%
1981	23.8%	0.82%
1982	23.5%	0.79%
1983	32%	0.76%
1984	31.4%	0.75%
1985	30.3%	0.73%
1986	29.7%	0.73%
1987	21.5%	0.72%
1988	21%	0.71%
1989	20.6%	0.69%
1990	20.2%	0.67%
1991	19.7%	0.64%
1992	19.1%	0.61%
1993	18.5%	0.58%
1994	17.9%	0.55%
1995	17.2%	0.52%
1996	16.6%	0.49%
1997	15.9%	0.47%
1998	15.3%	0.46%
1999	14.7%	0.44%
2000	14%	0.43%
2001	13.4%	0.42%
2002	12.8%	0.41%
2003	12.1%	0.4%
2004	11.5%	0.39%
2005	10.9%	0.37%
2006	10.3%	0.36%
2007	9.74%	0.35%
2008	9.23%	0.33%
2009	8.76%	0.32%
2010	8.32%	0.3%
2011	7.91%	0.29%
2012	7.53%	0.28%
2013	7.16%	0.26%
2014	6.82%	0.26%
2015	6.49%	0.25%
2016	6.17%	0.24%
2017	5.89%	0.24%
2018	5.64%	0.24%
2019	5.41%	0.23%
2020	5.2%	0.23%
2021	5%	0.23%
2022	4.82%	0.23%
2023	4.65%	0.23%