Population Projection 2019: Fertility Coefficients According to Mother's Age by Municipality, Finland

Description of statistical Quality descriptions Concepts and definitions Changes in these statisticsMunicipalityThese statistics apply the regional division of 1 January 2019 to the whole time series.InformationFertility coefficient, per thousand (2019 projection)The fertility coefficient indicates how many children 1,000 women in an age group give birth to during one year. To calculate the number of children born, municipalities are grouped into 74 fertility areas based on the total fertility rate in the years 2014 to 2018. Municipalities with a population of 36,000 form their own fertility areas. Municipalities with a smaller population are combined into fertility areas with a population of at least 30,000. Municipalities with small populations have been paired up with municipalities from anywhere in the country which have the same fertility rate. Previously the combinations were made within regions. When forming fertility areas, account has also been taken of age-specific fertility. Age-specific fertility coefficients for women aged 14 to 50 have been calculated for the years 2014 to 2018 for the fertility areas. Municipalities belonging to the same fertility area have identical fertility coefficients. In the projection the fertility coefficients have been kept constant throughout the projection period. For the whole country the average total fertility rate, that is, the number of children born to each individual woman during her lifetime is 1.35, on average.