Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Northern Europe

Total fertility rate in Northern Europe in 2024 — 1.49 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 43.9%.

2024 1.49 births −0.93% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.83 births1964
Period minimum 1.49 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Northern Europe, 1960–202411.522.5319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.65 births1962: 2.77 births1964: 2.83 births1966: 2.7 births1968: 2.51 births1970: 2.37 births1972: 2.2 births1974: 1.98 births1976: 1.82 births1978: 1.8 births1980: 1.89 births1982: 1.8 births1984: 1.79 births1986: 1.81 births1988: 1.85 births1990: 1.88 births1992: 1.84 births1994: 1.75 births1996: 1.71 births1998: 1.67 births2000: 1.64 births2002: 1.64 births2004: 1.74 births2006: 1.81 births2008: 1.89 births2010: 1.9 births2012: 1.88 births2014: 1.79 births2016: 1.77 births2018: 1.67 births2020: 1.57 births2022: 1.52 births2024: 1.49 births
Change over the period: −1.16 (−43.88%) Average annual rate: -0.9 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Europe

Northern Europe 1.49 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.49 −0.01 −0.93%
2023 1.5 −0.02 −1.34%
2022 1.52 −0.07 −4.38%
2021 1.59 +0.02 +1.59%
2020 1.57 −0.05 −3.29%
2019 1.62 −0.05 −2.78%
2018 1.67 −0.05 −2.96%
2017 1.72 −0.05 −3.07%
2016 1.77 −0.01 −0.42%
2015 1.78 −0.01 −0.66%
2014 1.79 −0.02 −0.86%
2013 1.81 −0.07 −3.72%
2012 1.88 +0 +0.23%
2011 1.87 −0.03 −1.45%
2010 1.9 +0.02 +1.15%
2009 1.88 −0.01 −0.61%
2008 1.89 +0.05 +2.62%
2007 1.84 +0.04 +2.01%
2006 1.81 +0.06 +3.41%
2005 1.75 +0.01 +0.64%
2004 1.74 +0.04 +2.38%
2003 1.7 +0.06 +3.61%
2002 1.64 +0.01 +0.35%
2001 1.63 −0.01 −0.69%
2000 1.64 −0.02 −1.09%
1999 1.66 −0.01 −0.83%
1998 1.67 −0.02 −0.93%
1997 1.69 −0.02 −1.02%
1996 1.71 −0.01 −0.35%
1995 1.71 −0.04 −2.33%
1994 1.75 −0.03 −1.66%
1993 1.78 −0.05 −2.93%
1992 1.84 −0.02 −1.32%
1991 1.86 −0.02 −0.99%
1990 1.88 +0.04 +2.41%
1989 1.84 −0.01 −0.81%
1988 1.85 +0.02 +1.15%
1987 1.83 +0.02 +1.23%
1986 1.81 +0 +0.13%
1985 1.81 +0.02 +0.91%
1984 1.79 −0 −0.21%
1983 1.79 −0.01 −0.49%
1982 1.8 −0.02 −1.33%
1981 1.83 −0.07 −3.51%
1980 1.89 +0.02 +1.09%
1979 1.87 +0.07 +3.84%
1978 1.8 +0.03 +1.66%
1977 1.77 −0.05 −2.77%
1976 1.82 −0.07 −3.66%
1975 1.89 −0.09 −4.52%
1974 1.98 −0.08 −3.89%
1973 2.06 −0.13 −6.07%
1972 2.2 −0.15 −6.58%
1971 2.35 −0.01 −0.59%
1970 2.37 −0.06 −2.33%
1969 2.42 −0.08 −3.35%
1968 2.51 −0.1 −3.68%
1967 2.6 −0.1 −3.66%
1966 2.7 −0.06 −2.26%
1965 2.76 −0.07 −2.3%
1964 2.83 +0.04 +1.3%
1963 2.79 +0.02 +0.9%
1962 2.77 +0.05 +1.93%
1961 2.71 +0.06 +2.34%
1960 2.65

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.