Increased time at home, the closure of restaurants and other entertainment venues may have helped some couples get closer to each other, in the absence of other possibilities to pass the time.
No maternity hospitals were closed down last year, though six hospitals were below the limit of births set by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
Finland appears in many world rankings as one of the best countries to have a family. But, paradoxically, the country's child population declined considerably during the last decade. The…
In 2019, approximately 2,000 children were born in Finland less than the previous year. And the number of deaths far exceeded that of births. Still, the arrival of immigrants allowed the country…
According to Statistics Finland's latest population projection, if the birth rate remains at the current level there will be no regions in the country where births exceed deaths in 15 years. Based on…