Canada vs Finland: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Canada
1.26 births per woman
in 2023
Finland
1.25 births per woman
in 2024
Canada rank
28th
Finland rank
29th
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Canada
- Finland
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1.26 births per woman against 1.25 births per woman in Finland, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 85 shared years of data; in 1939 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 28th and Finland ranks 29th of 34 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Finland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Finland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 2.65 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman | 0.098 births per woman | Canada |
| 1940s | 3.14 births per woman | 2.88 births per woman | 0.2556 births per woman | Canada |
| 1950s | 3.75 births per woman | 2.93 births per woman | 0.8215 births per woman | Canada |
| 1960s | 3.21 births per woman | 2.47 births per woman | 0.7458 births per woman | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.89 births per woman | 1.65 births per woman | 0.2341 births per woman | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.63 births per woman | 1.66 births per woman | 0.0395 births per woman | Finland |
| 1990s | 1.65 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman | 0.1332 births per woman | Finland |
| 2000s | 1.59 births per woman | 1.79 births per woman | 0.1965 births per woman | Finland |
| 2010s | 1.58 births per woman | 1.64 births per woman | 0.0593 births per woman | Finland |
| 2020s | 1.35 births per woman | 1.35 births per woman | 0 births per woman | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate, Canada or Finland?
- Canada, at 1.26 births per woman against 1.25 births per woman in Finland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Canada and Finland?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Finland?
- 85 years are reported by both, from 1939 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Finland rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Canada ranks 28th and Finland ranks 29th of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.