Second highest fertility in the Nordic countries
For the second year in a row fertility is below reproduction level, but still the second highest in the Nordic countries, where only the Faroe Islands have higher fertility. On average, Greenlandic women give birth their first child 5 years earlier than women in the Nordic countries. In 2013, the average age of first time mothers were 23.5 years.
Fertility in the Nordic countries 2013
|
|
Total fertility (per woman) |
Average age for first time mothers |
|
Greenland |
2,05 |
23,5 |
|
Denmark |
1,67 |
29,1 |
|
Finland |
1,75 |
… |
|
Faroe Islands |
2,49 |
… |
|
Iceland |
1,93 |
27,3 |
|
Norway |
1,78 |
28,6 |
|
Sweden |
1,89 |
29,0 |
Source: www.stat.gl, www.dst.dk, www.scb.se, www.hagstova.fo, www.hagstofa.is, www.stat.fi, www.ssb.no