Finland vs Greece: Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month
Finland
22.17 births per million people
in 2024
Greece
23.81 births per million people
in 2019
Finland rank
32nd
Greece rank
31st
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month over time
- Finland
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 23.81 births per million people against 22.17 births per million people in Finland, a difference of 1.64 births per million people.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 32nd and Greece ranks 31st of 40 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Greece in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 59.02 births per million people | 54.92 births per million people | 4.1 births per million people | Finland |
| 1960s | 51.83 births per million people | 50.49 births per million people | 1.33 births per million people | Finland |
| 1970s | 41.19 births per million people | 43.81 births per million people | 2.62 births per million people | Greece |
| 1980s | 38.99 births per million people | 36.77 births per million people | 2.22 births per million people | Finland |
| 1990s | 36.45 births per million people | 29.32 births per million people | 7.13 births per million people | Finland |
| 2000s | 31.73 births per million people | 30.12 births per million people | 1.61 births per million people | Finland |
| 2010s | 29.38 births per million people | 26.68 births per million people | 2.7 births per million people | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month, Finland or Greece?
- Greece, at 23.81 births per million people against 22.17 births per million people in Finland as of 2019.
- What is the difference in peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month between Finland and Greece?
- 1.64 births per million people, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Greece?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2019.
- How do Finland and Greece rank globally for peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month?
- Finland ranks 32nd and Greece ranks 31st of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.