Finland - Birth Rate 1973
12.2
−0.5 from 1972
Finland's birth rate was 12.2 in 1973, decreased +0.5 from 12.7 in 1972. This was the 4th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1973▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Germany | 10.3 | -10.4% |
| 2nd | Luxembourg | 10.8 | -8.5% |
| 3rd | Channel Islands | 12.2 | -3.9% |
| 4th | Finland | 12.2 | -3.9% |
| 5th | Austria | 12.9 | -6.5% |
| 6th | Belgium | 13.3 | -5.0% |
| 7th | Isle of Man | 13.5 | -1.8% |
| 8th | Sweden | 13.5 | -2.2% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 13.9 | -4.8% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 13.9 | -6.7% |
| 11th | Latvia | 14.1 | -3.4% |
| 12th | Denmark | 14.3 | -5.3% |
| 13th | Netherlands | 14.5 | -9.9% |
| 14th | Macao SAR, China | 14.7 | 34.4% |
| 15th | United States | 14.8 | -5.1% |
| 16th | Ukraine | 15.0 | -3.5% |
| 17th | Hungary | 15.0 | 2.0% |
| 18th | Estonia | 15.1 | -3.2% |
| 19th | Croatia | 15.1 | 2.0% |
| 20th | European Union | 15.3 | -2.6% |
| 21st | Greece | 15.4 | -3.1% |
| 22nd | Russian Federation | 15.4 | -1.0% |
| 23rd | Norway | 15.5 | -4.9% |
| 24th | Canada | 15.6 | -1.9% |
| 25th | Monaco | 15.6 | 0.1% |
| 26th | Serbia | 15.6 | 0.1% |
| 27th | Belarus | 15.8 | -2.3% |
| 28th | France | 15.9 | -2.5% |
| 29th | Italy | 16.0 | -1.8% |
| 30th | Lithuania | 16.0 | -5.9% |
| 31st | Bulgaria | 16.2 | 5.9% |
| 32nd | San Marino | 16.2 | -1.9% |
| 33rd | Nauru | 16.3 | 4.6% |
| 34th | Bermuda | 16.4 | -3.9% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 16.7 | 1.8% |
| 36th | Aruba | 17.2 | -16.8% |
| 37th | Malta | 17.4 | -2.2% |
| 38th | Liechtenstein | 17.7 | 9.3% |
| 39th | Poland | 18.0 | 2.9% |
| 40th | Romania | 18.2 | -3.2% |
| 41st | Cyprus | 18.3 | -18.9% |
| 42nd | Czechia | 18.3 | 10.2% |
| 43rd | Australia | 18.5 | -8.0% |
| 44th | Georgia | 19.1 | -1.6% |
| 45th | Spain | 19.2 | -1.0% |
| 46th | Greenland | 19.2 | -2.0% |
| 47th | Gibraltar | 19.2 | -5.3% |
| 48th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 19.4 | -0.5% |
| 49th | Japan | 19.4 | 0.5% |
| 50th | Andorra | 19.9 | -1.4% |
| 51st | Portugal | 20.0 | -1.0% |
| 52nd | Slovak Republic | 20.0 | 4.7% |
| 53rd | Montenegro | 20.3 | -2.9% |
| 54th | New Zealand | 20.4 | -5.9% |
| 55th | Uruguay | 20.4 | 2.3% |
| 56th | Faroe Islands | 20.5 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.9 | -3.9% |
| 58th | Moldova | 21.0 | 2.0% |
| 59th | Iceland | 21.7 | -3.1% |
| 60th | Singapore | 22.0 | -4.8% |
| 61st | Ireland | 22.3 | -1.3% |
| 62nd | Curaçao | 22.5 | -1.7% |
| 63rd | Armenia | 22.6 | -1.0% |
| 64th | Barbados | 22.9 | -8.2% |
| 65th | Mauritius | 23.0 | -9.1% |
| 66th | Puerto Rico (US) | 23.3 | -2.9% |
| 67th | North Macedonia | 23.5 | -3.9% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | 23.8 | -2.4% |
| 69th | Argentina | 24.1 | 1.3% |
| 70th | Cuba | 25.8 | -5.4% |
| 71st | Kazakhstan | 26.4 | -0.4% |
| 72nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 26.5 | 2.3% |
| 73rd | Cayman Islands | 26.6 | -23.5% |
| 74th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 26.6 | -1.4% |
| 75th | Chile | 26.8 | -2.4% |
| 76th | Israel | 27.0 | -0.7% |
| 77th | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.7 | 0.4% |
| 78th | Dominica | 27.7 | -6.4% |
| 79th | China | 27.9 | -6.2% |
| 80th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 28.2 | -16.3% |
| 81st | Azerbaijan | 28.2 | -3.0% |
| 82nd | Korea | 28.3 | -0.4% |
| 83rd | United Arab Emirates | 28.4 | -2.4% |
| 84th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 28.4 | -0.3% |
| 85th | Bahamas, The | 28.4 | -4.2% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 28.8 | -6.5% |
| 87th | Sri Lanka | 28.9 | -2.7% |
| 88th | Guam | 29.2 | -0.9% |
| 89th | Tuvalu | 29.4 | -0.4% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 30.1 | -2.1% |
| 91st | Virgin Islands (US) | 30.1 | -1.3% |
| 92nd | British Virgin Islands | 30.9 | -3.7% |
| 93rd | Grenada | 31.2 | -3.6% |
| 94th | Albania | 32.0 | -2.1% |
| 95th | Fiji | 32.1 | -2.7% |
| 96th | Palau | 32.1 | -5.4% |
| 97th | Lebanon | 32.4 | -0.7% |
| 98th | Jamaica | 32.6 | 0.2% |
| 99th | Suriname | 32.6 | -0.1% |
| 100th | Malaysia | 32.7 | -0.1% |
| 101st | Bahrain | 33.2 | -2.7% |
| 102nd | Thailand | 33.5 | -3.3% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 33.7 | -2.2% |
| 104th | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.0 | -1.6% |
| 105th | New Caledonia | 34.1 | -2.2% |
| 106th | Brazil | 34.2 | -0.9% |
| 107th | Brunei Darussalam | 34.5 | -1.1% |
| 108th | American Samoa | 34.7 | -1.6% |
| 109th | Qatar | 34.7 | -6.0% |
| 110th | French Polynesia | 34.9 | -2.2% |
| 111th | Panama | 35.0 | -2.6% |
| 112th | Paraguay | 35.4 | -1.0% |
| 113th | Guyana | 35.4 | -1.9% |
| 114th | Kiribati | 35.7 | -2.2% |
| 115th | Myanmar | 36.2 | -1.1% |
| 116th | St. Lucia | 36.3 | -1.1% |
| 117th | Gabon | 36.3 | 0.7% |
| 118th | Tonga | 36.5 | -1.3% |
| 119th | Viet Nam | 36.9 | 1.4% |
| 120th | Turkmenistan | 37.0 | -0.1% |
| 121st | St. Martin (French part) | 37.0 | -2.2% |
| 122nd | Uzbekistan | 37.3 | -0.9% |
| 123rd | Cambodia | 37.4 | -5.7% |
| 124th | Kosovo | 37.5 | -0.6% |
| 125th | Indonesia | 38.1 | -1.4% |
| 126th | Philippines | 38.1 | -1.6% |
| 127th | Samoa | 38.3 | -2.4% |
| 128th | Türkiye | 38.4 | -2.3% |
| 129th | South Africa | 38.4 | -1.2% |
| 130th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 38.5 | -3.1% |
| 131st | Guinea-Bissau | 39.1 | 1.2% |
| 132nd | India | 39.3 | -0.4% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | 39.5 | -1.5% |
| 134th | Tunisia | 39.6 | -0.5% |
| 135th | Mongolia | 39.6 | -0.4% |
| 136th | Lesotho | 39.9 | -0.6% |
| 137th | Belize | 39.9 | 1.8% |
| 138th | Northern Mariana Islands | 40.0 | 0.1% |
| 139th | Dominican Republic | 40.0 | -1.4% |
| 140th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 40.1 | -1.9% |
| 141st | São Tomé and Principe | 40.3 | 0.9% |
| 142nd | Timor-Leste | 40.4 | -2.2% |
| 143rd | Haiti | 40.6 | -0.3% |
| 144th | Peru | 40.7 | -1.4% |
| 145th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 41.2 | -1.1% |
| 146th | Kuwait | 41.2 | -1.5% |
| 147th | Nepal | 41.6 | -1.7% |
| 148th | Vanuatu | 41.6 | -0.7% |
| 149th | Tajikistan | 41.7 | -0.6% |
| 150th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 41.7 | -0.5% |
| 151st | Mexico | 42.1 | -2.1% |
| 152nd | El Salvador | 42.2 | -0.7% |
| 153rd | Central African Republic | 42.4 | -1.0% |
| 154th | Papua New Guinea | 42.6 | -1.7% |
| 155th | Cabo Verde | 42.8 | 1.3% |
| 156th | Equatorial Guinea | 43.1 | 0.3% |
| 157th | Morocco | 43.2 | -1.2% |
| 158th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 43.6 | -0.4% |
| 159th | Pakistan | 43.7 | -0.2% |
| 160th | Namibia | 43.9 | 0.3% |
| 161st | Solomon Islands | 44.1 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Guatemala | 44.2 | -0.5% |
| 163rd | Congo, Republic of | 44.3 | -0.4% |
| 164th | Lao PDR | 44.3 | 0.1% |
| 165th | Iraq | 44.4 | -1.1% |
| 166th | Cameroon | 45.1 | 0.1% |
| 167th | Djibouti | 45.3 | -1.1% |
| 168th | Libya | 45.3 | -1.3% |
| 169th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 45.6 | 0.1% |
| 170th | Guinea | 45.6 | 0.1% |
| 171st | Algeria | 45.7 | -0.6% |
| 172nd | Botswana | 45.7 | 0.4% |
| 173rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 45.7 | -0.4% |
| 174th | Honduras | 45.9 | -0.4% |
| 175th | Eritrea | 46.0 | -0.6% |
| 176th | Mauritania | 46.4 | -0.6% |
| 177th | Nicaragua | 46.4 | -0.6% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 46.4 | 0.8% |
| 179th | Ghana | 46.4 | -1.0% |
| 180th | Burundi | 46.6 | -4.4% |
| 181st | Comoros | 46.7 | -0.3% |
| 182nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.9 | -0.6% |
| 183rd | Bhutan | 47.0 | -0.6% |
| 184th | Maldives | 47.0 | 0.0% |
| 185th | Sierra Leone | 47.2 | 0.0% |
| 186th | Benin | 47.3 | -0.4% |
| 187th | Mozambique | 47.3 | 0.8% |
| 188th | Madagascar | 47.4 | 0.1% |
| 189th | Gambia, The | 47.5 | -0.2% |
| 190th | Sudan | 47.6 | -1.6% |
| 191st | Jordan | 47.7 | -1.0% |
| 192nd | Liberia | 47.8 | 0.4% |
| 193rd | Burkina Faso | 47.8 | 0.4% |
| 194th | Bangladesh | 47.9 | -0.7% |
| 195th | Saudi Arabia | 48.0 | -0.5% |
| 196th | Nigeria | 48.2 | 0.5% |
| 197th | Togo | 48.4 | -0.1% |
| 198th | Uganda | 48.7 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Angola | 49.3 | -0.4% |
| 200th | Chad | 49.3 | 0.0% |
| 201st | Rwanda | 49.4 | 1.2% |
| 202nd | Senegal | 49.6 | -0.4% |
| 203rd | Marshall Islands | 49.7 | 1.5% |
| 204th | Zambia | 49.7 | 0.2% |
| 205th | Eswatini | 50.1 | 0.6% |
| 206th | Tanzania | 50.3 | -0.1% |
| 207th | Mali | 50.5 | 0.1% |
| 208th | Oman | 50.7 | -0.5% |
| 209th | Kenya | 50.8 | -1.4% |
| 210th | Afghanistan | 51.3 | 0.1% |
| 211th | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.2 | -0.1% |
| 212th | Malawi | 53.2 | -0.5% |
| 213th | South Sudan | 54.3 | -0.5% |
| 214th | Yemen, Republic of | 55.0 | -0.6% |
| 215th | Niger | 55.5 | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Finland's birth rate in 1973?▾
Finland's birth rate in 1973 was 12.2. This ranked 4th globally.
How did Finland's birth rate change in 1973?▾
Finland's birth rate decreased by 3.9% in 1973 compared to 1972.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1973?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1973 at 55.5.
What is the birth rate of Finland in 1973?▾
The birth rate of Finland in 1973 was 12.2. This ranked 4th globally.
How does 1973 compare to 1972 for Finland's birth rate?▾
Finland's birth rate went from 12.7 in 1972 to 12.2 in 1973, a 3.9% decrease.
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