Fertility & birth rates in Finland and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Finland vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Finland vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	2.72	8.08
1961	2.72	8.12
1962	2.68	8.12
1963	2.68	8.12
1964	2.59	8.14
1965	2.48	8.16
1966	2.41	8.2
1967	2.32	8.17
1968	2.14	8.14
1969	1.93	8.11
1970	1.83	8.07
1971	1.68	8.04
1972	1.58	8
1973	1.49	7.95
1974	1.61	7.9
1975	1.68	7.83
1976	1.7	7.76
1977	1.68	7.67
1978	1.64	7.58
1979	1.64	7.47
1980	1.63	7.37
1981	1.64	7.27
1982	1.71	7.18
1983	1.74	7.08
1984	1.69	6.99
1985	1.64	6.87
1986	1.6	6.73
1987	1.59	6.57
1988	1.69	6.38
1989	1.71	6.18
1990	1.78	5.97
1991	1.79	5.76
1992	1.85	5.55
1993	1.81	5.38
1994	1.85	5.23
1995	1.81	5.09
1996	1.78	5.02
1997	1.75	4.96
1998	1.7	4.87
1999	1.73	4.78
2000	1.73	4.7
2001	1.73	4.58
2002	1.72	4.49
2003	1.76	4.42
2004	1.8	4.34
2005	1.8	4.28
2006	1.84	4.2
2007	1.83	4.09
2008	1.85	3.97
2009	1.86	3.83
2010	1.87	3.67
2011	1.83	3.53
2012	1.8	3.38
2013	1.75	3.25
2014	1.71	3.18
2015	1.65	3.13
2016	1.57	3.09
2017	1.49	3.06
2018	1.41	3.04
2019	1.35	3.01
2020	1.37	2.99
2021	1.46	2.96
2022	1.32	2.94
2023	1.26	2.92
2024	1.27	2.86
2025	1.28	2.82
2026	1.28	2.77
2027	1.29	2.73
2028	1.3	2.69
2029	1.3	2.65
2030	1.31	2.6
2031	1.31	2.57
2032	1.32	2.53
2033	1.32	2.5
2034	1.33	2.47
2035	1.34	2.44
2036	1.34	2.41
2037	1.35	2.38
2038	1.35	2.36
2039	1.35	2.34
2040	1.36	2.31
2041	1.36	2.29
2042	1.37	2.26
2043	1.37	2.24
2044	1.37	2.23
2045	1.37	2.21
2046	1.38	2.19
2047	1.38	2.17
2048	1.39	2.15
2049	1.39	2.13
2050	1.39	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Finland	Marshall Islands
1960	30.4%	46.1%
1961	29.8%	46.7%
1962	29.1%	47.1%
1963	28.4%	47.4%
1964	27.7%	47.5%
1965	27.1%	47.5%
1966	26.6%	47.2%
1967	26.2%	46.7%
1968	25.7%	46.1%
1969	25.2%	45.3%
1970	24.6%	45%
1971	24%	45.6%
1972	23.4%	46.6%
1973	22.9%	47.3%
1974	22.4%	47.8%
1975	22%	48.2%
1976	21.7%	48.5%
1977	21.3%	49%
1978	21%	49.4%
1979	20.6%	49.8%
1980	20.3%	50.1%
1981	20%	50.3%
1982	19.8%	50.3%
1983	19.6%	50.4%
1984	19.5%	50.4%
1985	19.4%	50.6%
1986	19.3%	50.7%
1987	19.3%	50.8%
1988	19.3%	50.8%
1989	19.4%	50.6%
1990	19.3%	50.2%
1991	19.2%	49.7%
1992	19.2%	49.1%
1993	19.1%	48.4%
1994	19.1%	47.5%
1995	19%	46.6%
1996	18.9%	45.6%
1997	18.8%	44.7%
1998	18.6%	43.7%
1999	18.3%	42.8%
2000	18.2%	42%
2001	18%	41.3%
2002	17.9%	40.6%
2003	17.7%	39.9%
2004	17.5%	39.4%
2005	17.4%	39.1%
2006	17.2%	38.9%
2007	17%	39%
2008	16.8%	39.2%
2009	16.7%	39.4%
2010	16.6%	39.7%
2011	16.5%	39.7%
2012	16.4%	39.4%
2013	16.4%	38.8%
2014	16.4%	38.2%
2015	16.4%	37.5%
2016	16.3%	36.8%
2017	16.2%	36.2%
2018	16.1%	35.7%
2019	15.9%	35.1%
2020	15.7%	34.5%
2021	15.5%	34.4%
2022	15.2%	34.6%
2023	14.9%	34.7%
2024	14.6%	34.5%
2025	14.3%	33.9%
2026	14%	33.2%
2027	13.7%	32.6%
2028	13.4%	32%
2029	13.2%	31.4%
2030	12.9%	30.9%
2031	12.7%	30.3%
2032	12.6%	29.7%
2033	12.5%	29.2%
2034	12.4%	28.6%
2035	12.4%	28.1%
2036	12.4%	27.6%
2037	12.4%	27.3%
2038	12.4%	27.3%
2039	12.5%	27.4%
2040	12.5%	27.7%
2041	12.6%	28%
2042	12.7%	28.3%
2043	12.7%	28.6%
2044	12.8%	28.8%
2045	12.9%	29%
2046	13%	29.1%
2047	13%	29.1%
2048	13.1%	29%
2049	13.1%	28.8%
2050	13.1%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.6% of the population in Finland and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Finland and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Finland vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.12% in Finland and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	42,082	452
1961	41,487	469
1962	38,627	488
1963	40,258	509
1964	38,208	536
1965	33,771	566
1966	34,356	603
1967	33,622	636
1968	28,684	685
1969	21,732	747
1970	20,268	819
1971	15,220	877
1972	14,847	913
1973	13,532	954
1974	17,824	1,000
1975	21,673	1,055
1976	21,738	1,109
1977	21,799	1,160
1978	20,436	1,207
1979	19,535	1,250
1980	18,640	1,287
1981	18,720	1,328
1982	22,686	1,375
1983	21,851	1,422
1984	20,015	1,470
1985	14,707	1,511
1986	13,279	1,544
1987	11,837	1,566
1988	14,344	1,575
1989	14,396	1,574
1990	15,458	1,556
1991	16,044	1,540
1992	16,639	1,525
1993	13,679	1,524
1994	17,300	1,524
1995	13,791	1,522
1996	11,274	1,542
1997	9,766	1,564
1998	7,730	1,576
1999	7,748	1,590
2000	7,765	1,592
2001	7,263	1,596
2002	6,241	1,594
2003	7,819	1,600
2004	9,933	1,595
2005	9,968	1,586
2006	11,059	1,556
2007	9,519	1,507
2008	10,627	1,443
2009	10,678	1,365
2010	10,191	1,273
2011	9,160	1,185
2012	7,579	1,097
2013	6,527	1,014
2014	4,915	959
2015	2,740	912
2016	-1,099	866
2017	-3,856	826
2018	-7,170	785
2019	-8,282	746
2020	-8,847	689
2021	-7,757	653
2022	-18,335	606
2023	-17,869	550

Maternal mortality chart: Finland vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Finland	Marshall Islands
1985	7	254
1986	8	274
1987	7	282
1988	8	276
1989	8	299
1990	8	311
1991	8	297
1992	8	322
1993	7	320
1994	7	303
1995	7	303
1996	7	292
1997	7	274
1998	7	259
1999	7	250
2000	7	251
2001	7	231
2002	7	223
2003	7	221
2004	7	238
2005	8	234
2006	7	233
2007	7	229
2008	7	226
2009	8	224
2010	8	212
2011	7	209
2012	8	207
2013	8	201
2014	7	199
2015	7	184
2016	7	183
2017	8	179
2018	8	167
2019	8	168
2020	9	178
2021	8	206
2022	8	174
2023	8	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Finland and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	2.68%	12.2%
1961	2.53%	11.6%
1962	2.38%	11%
1963	2.25%	10.5%
1964	2.13%	10.1%
1965	2.02%	9.64%
1966	1.92%	9.25%
1967	1.84%	8.88%
1968	1.76%	8.53%
1969	1.68%	8.19%
1970	1.61%	7.87%
1971	1.54%	7.58%
1972	1.46%	7.33%
1973	1.39%	7.13%
1974	1.31%	6.97%
1975	1.23%	6.86%
1976	1.14%	6.77%
1977	1.06%	6.69%
1978	0.99%	6.61%
1979	0.92%	6.52%
1980	0.87%	6.42%
1981	0.82%	6.29%
1982	0.79%	6.15%
1983	0.76%	6%
1984	0.75%	5.83%
1985	0.73%	5.66%
1986	0.73%	5.49%
1987	0.72%	5.31%
1988	0.71%	5.13%
1989	0.69%	4.95%
1990	0.67%	4.76%
1991	0.64%	4.59%
1992	0.61%	4.43%
1993	0.58%	4.29%
1994	0.55%	4.2%
1995	0.52%	4.15%
1996	0.49%	4.14%
1997	0.47%	4.15%
1998	0.46%	4.19%
1999	0.44%	4.23%
2000	0.43%	4.25%
2001	0.42%	4.25%
2002	0.41%	4.24%
2003	0.4%	4.21%
2004	0.39%	4.18%
2005	0.37%	4.14%
2006	0.36%	4.1%
2007	0.35%	4.06%
2008	0.33%	4.02%
2009	0.32%	3.97%
2010	0.3%	3.94%
2011	0.29%	3.89%
2012	0.28%	3.82%
2013	0.26%	3.75%
2014	0.26%	3.66%
2015	0.25%	3.57%
2016	0.24%	3.48%
2017	0.24%	3.38%
2018	0.24%	3.29%
2019	0.23%	3.19%
2020	0.23%	3.1%
2021	0.23%	3%
2022	0.23%	2.91%
2023	0.23%	2.82%