Finland vs Portugal: Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month
Finland
22.17 births per million people
in 2024
Portugal
23.87 births per million people
in 2023
Finland rank
32nd
Portugal rank
30th
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month over time
- Finland
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 23.87 births per million people against 22.17 births per million people in Finland, a difference of 1.7 births per million people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 113 shared years of data; in 1901 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 32nd and Portugal ranks 30th of 40 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Portugal in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 97.88 births per million people | 76.02 births per million people | 21.86 births per million people | Finland |
| 1910s | 79.73 births per million people | 76.93 births per million people | 2.8 births per million people | Finland |
| 1920s | 74.55 births per million people | 82.73 births per million people | 8.18 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1930s | 60.83 births per million people | 81.95 births per million people | 21.12 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1940s | 76.38 births per million people | 77.24 births per million people | 0.866 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1950s | 63.97 births per million people | 74.68 births per million people | 10.71 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 51.83 births per million people | 69.4 births per million people | 17.58 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 41.19 births per million people | 56.26 births per million people | 15.07 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 38.99 births per million people | 40.19 births per million people | 1.21 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 36.45 births per million people | 32.81 births per million people | 3.64 births per million people | Finland |
| 2000s | 31.73 births per million people | 31.35 births per million people | 0.3764 births per million people | Finland |
| 2010s | 29.38 births per million people | 25.85 births per million people | 3.54 births per million people | Finland |
| 2020s | 24.32 births per million people | 24.03 births per million people | 0.2873 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 Portugal?
- Portugal, at 23.87 births per million people against 22.17 births per million people in Finland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month between Finland and Portugal?
- 1.7 births per million people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Portugal?
- 113 years are reported by both, from 1901 to 2023.
- How do Finland and Portugal rank globally for peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month?
- Finland ranks 32nd and Portugal ranks 30th 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
The highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.