Finland vs Spain: Birth seasonality
Finland
19.34 births per million people
in 2024
Spain
17.83 births per million people
in 2023
Finland rank
31st
Spain rank
34th
Birth seasonality over time
- Finland
- Spain
How they compare
Finland currently reports 19.34 births per million people against 17.83 births per million people in Spain, a difference of 1.51 births per million people.
That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 28 times across 124 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 31st and Spain ranks 34th of 40 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 87.51 births per million people | 86.78 births per million people | 0.7272 births per million people | Finland |
| 1910s | 72.34 births per million people | 77.69 births per million people | 5.35 births per million people | Spain |
| 1920s | 61.01 births per million people | 77.99 births per million people | 16.98 births per million people | Spain |
| 1930s | 48.66 births per million people | 64.19 births per million people | 15.53 births per million people | Spain |
| 1940s | 61.04 births per million people | 57.66 births per million people | 3.38 births per million people | Finland |
| 1950s | 54.08 births per million people | 55.45 births per million people | 1.37 births per million people | Spain |
| 1960s | 43.47 births per million people | 54.78 births per million people | 11.31 births per million people | Spain |
| 1970s | 33.8 births per million people | 47.69 births per million people | 13.9 births per million people | Spain |
| 1980s | 32.98 births per million people | 32.1 births per million people | 0.8824 births per million people | Finland |
| 1990s | 30.55 births per million people | 25.62 births per million people | 4.93 births per million people | Finland |
| 2000s | 27.79 births per million people | 28.25 births per million people | 0.4682 births per million people | Spain |
| 2010s | 24.63 births per million people | 24.14 births per million people | 0.4837 births per million people | Finland |
| 2020s | 20.51 births per million people | 17.88 births per million people | 2.62 births per million people | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth seasonality, Finland or Spain?
- Finland, at 19.34 births per million people against 17.83 births per million people in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in birth seasonality between Finland and Spain?
- 1.51 births per million people, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Spain?
- 124 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2023.
- How do Finland and Spain rank globally for birth seasonality?
- Finland ranks 31st and Spain ranks 34th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth seasonality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average daily number of births, per million people, calculated for December.