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Births

How many children are born in a year, and how many one woman has on average.

56,868
1990
17,642
2025
×0.31
since 1990
031,51763,0341945195019601970198019902000201020202025

Milestones

What Period Value
Highest 1949 63,034
Lowest 2025 17,642
Latest 2025 17,642

Total fertility rate

1990: 2.03 children per woman → 2024: 1.11 children per woman

Period Total fertility rate
1970 2.40 children per woman
1971 2.41 children per woman
1972 2.34 children per woman
1973 2.22 children per woman
1974 2.21 children per woman
1975 2.18 children per woman
1976 2.18 children per woman
1977 2.14 children per woman
1978 2.08 children per woman
1979 2.05 children per woman
1980 1.99 children per woman
1981 1.98 children per woman
1982 1.97 children per woman
1983 2.10 children per woman
1984 2.07 children per woman
1985 2.08 children per woman
1986 2.12 children per woman
1987 2.11 children per woman
1988 2.02 children per woman
1989 1.98 children per woman
1990 2.03 children per woman
1991 2.01 children per woman
1992 1.97 children per woman
1993 1.74 children per woman
1994 1.57 children per woman
1995 1.55 children per woman
1996 1.49 children per woman
1997 1.47 children per woman
1998 1.46 children per woman
1999 1.46 children per woman
2000 1.39 children per woman
2001 1.29 children per woman
2002 1.23 children per woman
2003 1.26 children per woman
2004 1.27 children per woman
2005 1.29 children per woman
2006 1.33 children per woman
2007 1.36 children per woman
2008 1.45 children per woman
2009 1.50 children per woman
2010 1.50 children per woman
2011 1.55 children per woman
2012 1.60 children per woman
2013 1.59 children per woman
2014 1.57 children per woman
2015 1.63 children per woman
2016 1.63 children per woman
2017 1.57 children per woman
2018 1.53 children per woman
2019 1.43 children per woman
2020 1.36 children per woman
2021 1.36 children per woman
2022 1.27 children per woman
2023 1.18 children per woman
2024 1.11 children per woman

Method and caveats

The count depends on how many women of childbearing age there are, so it falls when a small generation grows up even if nothing else changes. The fertility rate does not depend on that, which is why both are here; replacement level is about 2,1 children per woman. The fertility rate is Eurostat’s, because it reaches back to 1960 without gaps.