Fertility & birth rates in Finland and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Finland vs Lithuania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Finland was 1.26 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.18 in Lithuania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Finland	Lithuania
1960	2.72	2.56
1961	2.72	2.53
1962	2.68	2.45
1963	2.68	2.35
1964	2.59	2.28
1965	2.48	2.23
1966	2.41	2.22
1967	2.32	2.23
1968	2.14	2.24
1969	1.93	2.3
1970	1.83	2.4
1971	1.68	2.41
1972	1.58	2.34
1973	1.49	2.22
1974	1.61	2.21
1975	1.68	2.18
1976	1.7	2.18
1977	1.68	2.14
1978	1.64	2.08
1979	1.64	2.05
1980	1.63	1.99
1981	1.64	1.98
1982	1.71	1.97
1983	1.74	2.1
1984	1.69	2.07
1985	1.64	2.08
1986	1.6	2.12
1987	1.59	2.11
1988	1.69	2.02
1989	1.71	1.98
1990	1.78	2.03
1991	1.79	2.01
1992	1.85	1.97
1993	1.81	1.74
1994	1.85	1.57
1995	1.81	1.55
1996	1.78	1.49
1997	1.75	1.47
1998	1.7	1.46
1999	1.73	1.46
2000	1.73	1.39
2001	1.73	1.29
2002	1.72	1.23
2003	1.76	1.26
2004	1.8	1.27
2005	1.8	1.29
2006	1.84	1.33
2007	1.83	1.36
2008	1.85	1.45
2009	1.86	1.5
2010	1.87	1.5
2011	1.83	1.55
2012	1.8	1.6
2013	1.75	1.59
2014	1.71	1.57
2015	1.65	1.63
2016	1.57	1.63
2017	1.49	1.57
2018	1.41	1.53
2019	1.35	1.43
2020	1.37	1.36
2021	1.46	1.36
2022	1.32	1.27
2023	1.26	1.18
2024	1.27	1.19
2025	1.28	1.2
2026	1.28	1.2
2027	1.29	1.21
2028	1.3	1.22
2029	1.3	1.22
2030	1.31	1.23
2031	1.31	1.23
2032	1.32	1.24
2033	1.32	1.25
2034	1.33	1.25
2035	1.34	1.26
2036	1.34	1.27
2037	1.35	1.27
2038	1.35	1.28
2039	1.35	1.28
2040	1.36	1.29
2041	1.36	1.29
2042	1.37	1.3
2043	1.37	1.3
2044	1.37	1.31
2045	1.37	1.31
2046	1.38	1.31
2047	1.38	1.32
2048	1.39	1.32
2049	1.39	1.33
2050	1.39	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Finland	Lithuania
1960	30.4%	27.1%
1961	29.8%	27.3%
1962	29.1%	27.4%
1963	28.4%	27.5%
1964	27.7%	27.4%
1965	27.1%	27.3%
1966	26.6%	27.3%
1967	26.2%	27.2%
1968	25.7%	27.2%
1969	25.2%	27.2%
1970	24.6%	27.1%
1971	24%	26.8%
1972	23.4%	26.6%
1973	22.9%	26.1%
1974	22.4%	25.6%
1975	22%	25.1%
1976	21.7%	24.6%
1977	21.3%	24.2%
1978	21%	23.8%
1979	20.6%	23.5%
1980	20.3%	23.3%
1981	20%	23.1%
1982	19.8%	22.9%
1983	19.6%	22.8%
1984	19.5%	22.8%
1985	19.4%	22.7%
1986	19.3%	22.7%
1987	19.3%	22.7%
1988	19.3%	22.6%
1989	19.4%	22.5%
1990	19.3%	22.6%
1991	19.2%	22.5%
1992	19.2%	22.4%
1993	19.1%	22.3%
1994	19.1%	22.1%
1995	19%	21.8%
1996	18.9%	21.5%
1997	18.8%	21.2%
1998	18.6%	20.9%
1999	18.3%	20.4%
2000	18.2%	20%
2001	18%	19.3%
2002	17.9%	18.6%
2003	17.7%	17.9%
2004	17.5%	17.4%
2005	17.4%	16.8%
2006	17.2%	16.3%
2007	17%	15.8%
2008	16.8%	15.3%
2009	16.7%	15%
2010	16.6%	14.9%
2011	16.5%	14.8%
2012	16.4%	14.7%
2013	16.4%	14.6%
2014	16.4%	14.6%
2015	16.4%	14.6%
2016	16.3%	14.7%
2017	16.2%	14.9%
2018	16.1%	15%
2019	15.9%	15.1%
2020	15.7%	15.1%
2021	15.5%	15.1%
2022	15.2%	15%
2023	14.9%	14.9%
2024	14.6%	14.7%
2025	14.3%	14.5%
2026	14%	14.3%
2027	13.7%	14.1%
2028	13.4%	13.9%
2029	13.2%	13.6%
2030	12.9%	13.3%
2031	12.7%	13%
2032	12.6%	12.7%
2033	12.5%	12.4%
2034	12.4%	12.1%
2035	12.4%	11.9%
2036	12.4%	11.7%
2037	12.4%	11.6%
2038	12.4%	11.5%
2039	12.5%	11.4%
2040	12.5%	11.4%
2041	12.6%	11.3%
2042	12.7%	11.3%
2043	12.7%	11.3%
2044	12.8%	11.2%
2045	12.9%	11.2%
2046	13%	11.3%
2047	13%	11.3%
2048	13.1%	11.3%
2049	13.1%	11.3%
2050	13.1%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.6% of the population in Finland and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Finland and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Finland vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.12% in Finland and -0.54% in Lithuania. 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
	Finland	Lithuania
1960	42,082	40,845
1961	41,487	40,376
1962	38,627	34,933
1963	40,258	33,918
1964	38,208	34,048
1965	33,771	30,309
1966	34,356	30,381
1967	33,622	29,226
1968	28,684	28,325
1969	21,732	27,345
1970	20,268	27,629
1971	15,220	28,930
1972	14,847	25,388
1973	13,532	22,712
1974	17,824	22,589
1975	21,673	20,470
1976	21,738	20,305
1977	21,799	19,124
1978	20,436	17,573
1979	19,535	16,989
1980	18,640	16,042
1981	18,720	16,478
1982	22,686	18,323
1983	21,851	20,911
1984	20,015	18,976
1985	14,707	19,140
1986	13,279	23,978
1987	11,837	22,422
1988	14,344	19,006
1989	14,396	17,316
1990	15,458	17,010
1991	16,044	14,817
1992	16,639	12,950
1993	13,679	1,473
1994	17,300	-4,023
1995	13,791	-3,992
1996	11,274	-3,962
1997	9,766	-3,218
1998	7,730	-3,904
1999	7,748	-3,877
2000	7,765	-4,549
2001	7,263	-9,024
2002	6,241	-11,362
2003	7,819	-10,929
2004	9,933	-11,482
2005	9,968	-14,287
2006	11,059	-15,041
2007	9,519	-15,510
2008	10,627	-12,153
2009	10,678	-9,805
2010	10,191	-11,460
2011	9,160	-10,901
2012	7,579	-11,060
2013	6,527	-12,733
2014	4,915	-10,868
2015	2,740	-11,935
2016	-1,099	-11,509
2017	-3,856	-12,224
2018	-7,170	-12,686
2019	-8,282	-13,212
2020	-8,847	-19,953
2021	-7,757	-24,433
2022	-18,335	-20,671
2023	-17,869	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Finland vs Lithuania

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Finland	Lithuania
1985	7	35
1986	8	30
1987	7	28
1988	8	28
1989	8	31
1990	8	29
1991	8	29
1992	8	28
1993	7	29
1994	7	31
1995	7	28
1996	7	25
1997	7	21
1998	7	19
1999	7	18
2000	7	16
2001	7	16
2002	7	14
2003	7	14
2004	7	12
2005	8	13
2006	7	14
2007	7	14
2008	7	13
2009	8	11
2010	8	10
2011	7	10
2012	8	10
2013	8	10
2014	7	9
2015	7	10
2016	7	9
2017	8	10
2018	8	9
2019	8	9
2020	9	8
2021	8	9
2022	8	9
2023	8	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Finland and 0.34% in Lithuania. 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
	Finland	Lithuania
1960	2.68%	-
1961	2.53%	-
1962	2.38%	-
1963	2.25%	-
1964	2.13%	-
1965	2.02%	-
1966	1.92%	-
1967	1.84%	2.63%
1968	1.76%	2.63%
1969	1.68%	2.51%
1970	1.61%	2.29%
1971	1.54%	2.11%
1972	1.46%	2.08%
1973	1.39%	2.16%
1974	1.31%	2.24%
1975	1.23%	2.26%
1976	1.14%	2.25%
1977	1.06%	2.22%
1978	0.99%	2.18%
1979	0.92%	2.12%
1980	0.87%	2.05%
1981	0.82%	1.98%
1982	0.79%	1.92%
1983	0.76%	1.87%
1984	0.75%	1.82%
1985	0.73%	1.74%
1986	0.73%	1.64%
1987	0.72%	1.52%
1988	0.71%	1.42%
1989	0.69%	1.42%
1990	0.67%	1.52%
1991	0.64%	1.67%
1992	0.61%	1.78%
1993	0.58%	1.79%
1994	0.55%	1.69%
1995	0.52%	1.51%
1996	0.49%	1.34%
1997	0.47%	1.23%
1998	0.46%	1.16%
1999	0.44%	1.12%
2000	0.43%	1.07%
2001	0.42%	1.03%
2002	0.41%	0.99%
2003	0.4%	0.96%
2004	0.39%	0.93%
2005	0.37%	0.9%
2006	0.36%	0.86%
2007	0.35%	0.8%
2008	0.33%	0.74%
2009	0.32%	0.67%
2010	0.3%	0.6%
2011	0.29%	0.56%
2012	0.28%	0.53%
2013	0.26%	0.51%
2014	0.26%	0.51%
2015	0.25%	0.5%
2016	0.24%	0.49%
2017	0.24%	0.46%
2018	0.24%	0.42%
2019	0.23%	0.39%
2020	0.23%	0.37%
2021	0.23%	0.36%
2022	0.23%	0.35%
2023	0.23%	0.34%