Finland vs Italy: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Finland
1.25 births per woman
in 2024
Italy
1.24 births per woman
in 2022
Finland rank
29th
Italy rank
30th
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Finland
- Italy
How they compare
Finland currently reports 1.25 births per woman against 1.24 births per woman in Italy, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 29th and Italy ranks 30th of 34 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Italy in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.85 births per woman | 2.36 births per woman | 0.4892 births per woman | Finland |
| 1960s | 2.47 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman | 0.1014 births per woman | Italy |
| 1970s | 1.65 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman | 0.5468 births per woman | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.66 births per woman | 1.48 births per woman | 0.1829 births per woman | Finland |
| 1990s | 1.78 births per woman | 1.26 births per woman | 0.5273 births per woman | Finland |
| 2000s | 1.79 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman | 0.4551 births per woman | Finland |
| 2010s | 1.64 births per woman | 1.37 births per woman | 0.2729 births per woman | Finland |
| 2020s | 1.38 births per woman | 1.25 births per woman | 0.1347 births per woman | Finland |
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, Finland or Italy?
- Finland, at 1.25 births per woman against 1.24 births per woman in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Finland and Italy?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Italy?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2022.
- How do Finland and Italy rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Finland ranks 29th and Italy ranks 30th 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.