Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in Finland?

43.8 thousand babies born in Finland in 2026 — 0.03% of all births worldwide, and the 137th largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Finland through history

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Estimated annual births in Finland, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside Finland's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~740 ~20K 37.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~3.1K ~74K 41.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~4.3K ~100K 42.6 Modelled estimate
1800 ~28K ~800K 34.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~90.8K ~2.64M 34.4 Historical reconstruction
1950 98.4K 4.01M 24.5 UN estimate
2000 56.6K 5.18M 10.9 UN estimate
2024 43.8K 5.62M 7.8 UN projection
2026 43.8K 5.62M 7.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Finland are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1948, at about ~101K. That is roughly 59 times the estimated ~742 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.30 children per woman, fertility in Finland is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.