All-time low period fertility in Finland: Demographic drivers, tempo effects, and cohort implications

Julia Hellstrand, Jessica Nisén and Mikko Myrskylä

Population Studies, 2020, vol. 74, issue 3, 315-329

Abstract: The ongoing period fertility decline in the Nordic countries is particularly strong in Finland, where the total fertility rate (TFR) reached an all-time low of 1.41 in 2018. We analyse the decrease in Finland's TFR in 2010–17, and assess its consequences for cohort fertility using complementary approaches. Decomposition of this fertility decline shows that first births and women aged

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2020.1750677

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