Off the wire
• UN refugee agency appeals for additional 115.4 mln USD for voluntary return of Somali refugees  • Thermal-power plant synchronizes 150 megawatts into Zambia national grid  • Gold up slightly on weaker U.S. dollar  • UNHCR seeks extra 115 mln USD for return of Somali refugees from Kenya  • (Recast)Roundup: Finland plans to use conscripts for fast reaction defense  • Federer to miss Rio games and rest of 2016  • Bolivia offering up to 50,000 U.S. dollars for each Olympic medal  • 138 terror suspects to stand trial in Bahrain  • China-Ghana graduates association inaugurated in Ghana  • SA finance minister briefs business leaders on G20's ministerial meeting  
You are here: 　 Home

Birthrate hits record low in Finland

Xinhua, July 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

In the first half of 2016, Finland had the lowest birthrate ever since the country became independent in 1917, local media reported on Tuesday.

A total of 26,517 children were born in Finland during January-June period, a record that showed a decline by 912 compared with last year.

Experts quoted by local media blamed the situation on the "cultural change." Women increasingly want one child only and give birth older.

Five years ago, a woman had 1.87 children on average, but the figure has declined fast. The average age of a woman giving birth to first child is now 28 while the father is 30. Endit