Fertility & birth rates in Finland and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Finland vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Finland vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	2.72	7.16
1961	2.72	7.11
1962	2.68	7.1
1963	2.68	7.08
1964	2.59	7.06
1965	2.48	7.03
1966	2.41	6.99
1967	2.32	6.94
1968	2.14	6.89
1969	1.93	6.83
1970	1.83	6.77
1971	1.68	6.71
1972	1.58	6.65
1973	1.49	6.59
1974	1.61	6.52
1975	1.68	6.45
1976	1.7	6.37
1977	1.68	6.28
1978	1.64	6.16
1979	1.64	6.07
1980	1.63	5.96
1981	1.64	5.84
1982	1.71	5.74
1983	1.74	5.61
1984	1.69	5.49
1985	1.64	5.36
1986	1.6	5.22
1987	1.59	5.07
1988	1.69	4.93
1989	1.71	4.76
1990	1.78	4.6
1991	1.79	4.43
1992	1.85	4.27
1993	1.81	4.1
1994	1.85	3.94
1995	1.81	3.78
1996	1.78	3.62
1997	1.75	3.47
1998	1.7	3.34
1999	1.73	3.22
2000	1.73	3.12
2001	1.73	3
2002	1.72	2.89
2003	1.76	2.83
2004	1.8	2.78
2005	1.8	2.77
2006	1.84	2.73
2007	1.83	2.7
2008	1.85	2.66
2009	1.86	2.63
2010	1.87	2.6
2011	1.83	2.56
2012	1.8	2.53
2013	1.75	2.49
2014	1.71	2.46
2015	1.65	2.43
2016	1.57	2.41
2017	1.49	2.38
2018	1.41	2.35
2019	1.35	2.32
2020	1.37	2.3
2021	1.46	2.27
2022	1.32	2.24
2023	1.26	2.22
2024	1.27	2.21
2025	1.28	2.18
2026	1.28	2.16
2027	1.29	2.14
2028	1.3	2.11
2029	1.3	2.09
2030	1.31	2.07
2031	1.31	2.05
2032	1.32	2.04
2033	1.32	2.02
2034	1.33	2.01
2035	1.34	2
2036	1.34	1.98
2037	1.35	1.97
2038	1.35	1.96
2039	1.35	1.95
2040	1.36	1.94
2041	1.36	1.93
2042	1.37	1.92
2043	1.37	1.91
2044	1.37	1.9
2045	1.37	1.89
2046	1.38	1.89
2047	1.38	1.88
2048	1.39	1.87
2049	1.39	1.87
2050	1.39	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Finland	Nicaragua
1960	30.4%	47.6%
1961	29.8%	47.8%
1962	29.1%	48%
1963	28.4%	48.2%
1964	27.7%	48.2%
1965	27.1%	48.1%
1966	26.6%	47.9%
1967	26.2%	47.8%
1968	25.7%	47.7%
1969	25.2%	47.6%
1970	24.6%	47.5%
1971	24%	47.5%
1972	23.4%	47.4%
1973	22.9%	47.4%
1974	22.4%	47.3%
1975	22%	47.3%
1976	21.7%	47.3%
1977	21.3%	47.2%
1978	21%	47.3%
1979	20.6%	47.3%
1980	20.3%	47.3%
1981	20%	47.3%
1982	19.8%	47.3%
1983	19.6%	47.2%
1984	19.5%	47.2%
1985	19.4%	47.1%
1986	19.3%	47%
1987	19.3%	46.9%
1988	19.3%	46.7%
1989	19.4%	46.4%
1990	19.3%	46.1%
1991	19.2%	45.7%
1992	19.2%	45.2%
1993	19.1%	44.8%
1994	19.1%	44.3%
1995	19%	43.7%
1996	18.9%	43.1%
1997	18.8%	42.4%
1998	18.6%	41.7%
1999	18.3%	41%
2000	18.2%	40.3%
2001	18%	39.6%
2002	17.9%	38.9%
2003	17.7%	38.2%
2004	17.5%	37.5%
2005	17.4%	36.8%
2006	17.2%	36.2%
2007	17%	35.7%
2008	16.8%	35.2%
2009	16.7%	34.7%
2010	16.6%	34.2%
2011	16.5%	33.8%
2012	16.4%	33.3%
2013	16.4%	32.9%
2014	16.4%	32.6%
2015	16.4%	32.2%
2016	16.3%	31.8%
2017	16.2%	31.5%
2018	16.1%	31.1%
2019	15.9%	30.8%
2020	15.7%	30.4%
2021	15.5%	30.1%
2022	15.2%	29.6%
2023	14.9%	29.2%
2024	14.6%	28.8%
2025	14.3%	28.3%
2026	14%	27.9%
2027	13.7%	27.4%
2028	13.4%	27%
2029	13.2%	26.6%
2030	12.9%	26.2%
2031	12.7%	25.8%
2032	12.6%	25.4%
2033	12.5%	25%
2034	12.4%	24.7%
2035	12.4%	24.4%
2036	12.4%	24%
2037	12.4%	23.7%
2038	12.4%	23.4%
2039	12.5%	23.1%
2040	12.5%	22.8%
2041	12.6%	22.5%
2042	12.7%	22.2%
2043	12.7%	22%
2044	12.8%	21.7%
2045	12.9%	21.4%
2046	13%	21.2%
2047	13%	20.9%
2048	13.1%	20.7%
2049	13.1%	20.5%
2050	13.1%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.6% of the population in Finland and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Finland and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Finland vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.12% in Finland and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	42,082	55,664
1961	41,487	57,499
1962	38,627	59,547
1963	40,258	61,738
1964	38,208	64,227
1965	33,771	67,056
1966	34,356	69,883
1967	33,622	72,722
1968	28,684	75,458
1969	21,732	78,237
1970	20,268	81,127
1971	15,220	84,139
1972	14,847	76,906
1973	13,532	89,662
1974	17,824	92,505
1975	21,673	95,230
1976	21,738	98,100
1977	21,799	100,498
1978	20,436	98,419
1979	19,535	96,429
1980	18,640	108,604
1981	18,720	110,421
1982	22,686	112,468
1983	21,851	110,618
1984	20,015	110,133
1985	14,707	110,949
1986	13,279	113,054
1987	11,837	112,885
1988	14,344	117,299
1989	14,396	120,128
1990	15,458	120,677
1991	16,044	121,787
1992	16,639	121,204
1993	13,679	120,469
1994	17,300	119,565
1995	13,791	118,325
1996	11,274	116,849
1997	9,766	114,415
1998	7,730	108,862
1999	7,748	110,217
2000	7,765	109,192
2001	7,263	107,109
2002	6,241	105,805
2003	7,819	106,142
2004	9,933	106,904
2005	9,968	108,984
2006	11,059	110,073
2007	9,519	110,341
2008	10,627	110,395
2009	10,678	110,213
2010	10,191	110,475
2011	9,160	110,026
2012	7,579	110,065
2013	6,527	109,032
2014	4,915	108,420
2015	2,740	107,344
2016	-1,099	106,585
2017	-3,856	105,468
2018	-7,170	104,814
2019	-8,282	102,817
2020	-8,847	90,515
2021	-7,757	89,213
2022	-18,335	100,987
2023	-17,869	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Finland vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Finland	Nicaragua
1985	7	319
1986	8	313
1987	7	316
1988	8	301
1989	8	286
1990	8	281
1991	8	273
1992	8	272
1993	7	265
1994	7	256
1995	7	251
1996	7	244
1997	7	236
1998	7	239
1999	7	228
2000	7	213
2001	7	194
2002	7	170
2003	7	154
2004	7	140
2005	8	124
2006	7	113
2007	7	106
2008	7	101
2009	8	99
2010	8	96
2011	7	93
2012	8	88
2013	8	86
2014	7	83
2015	7	81
2016	7	77
2017	8	72
2018	8	67
2019	8	69
2020	9	87
2021	8	124
2022	8	61
2023	8	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Finland and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	2.68%	19.8%
1961	2.53%	19.6%
1962	2.38%	19.4%
1963	2.25%	19.2%
1964	2.13%	19%
1965	2.02%	18.7%
1966	1.92%	18.4%
1967	1.84%	18.1%
1968	1.76%	17.8%
1969	1.68%	17.4%
1970	1.61%	17.1%
1971	1.54%	16.6%
1972	1.46%	18.7%
1973	1.39%	15.6%
1974	1.31%	15%
1975	1.23%	14.4%
1976	1.14%	13.7%
1977	1.06%	12.9%
1978	0.99%	12.2%
1979	0.92%	11.5%
1980	0.87%	10.8%
1981	0.82%	10.2%
1982	0.79%	9.58%
1983	0.76%	9.07%
1984	0.75%	8.62%
1985	0.73%	8.21%
1986	0.73%	7.85%
1987	0.72%	7.53%
1988	0.71%	7.22%
1989	0.69%	6.92%
1990	0.67%	6.62%
1991	0.64%	6.31%
1992	0.61%	6%
1993	0.58%	5.69%
1994	0.55%	5.39%
1995	0.52%	5.09%
1996	0.49%	4.81%
1997	0.47%	4.54%
1998	0.46%	5.01%
1999	0.44%	4.04%
2000	0.43%	3.82%
2001	0.42%	3.62%
2002	0.41%	3.43%
2003	0.4%	3.26%
2004	0.39%	3.1%
2005	0.37%	2.95%
2006	0.36%	2.81%
2007	0.35%	2.68%
2008	0.33%	2.55%
2009	0.32%	2.44%
2010	0.3%	2.33%
2011	0.29%	2.22%
2012	0.28%	2.13%
2013	0.26%	2.03%
2014	0.26%	1.94%
2015	0.25%	1.86%
2016	0.24%	1.78%
2017	0.24%	1.71%
2018	0.24%	1.64%
2019	0.23%	1.57%
2020	0.23%	1.51%
2021	0.23%	1.45%
2022	0.23%	1.39%
2023	0.23%	1.34%