Fewer first children since 2008: down 29% in Norway, 23% in the US
Norway, Finland, Spain and Sweden fell further than the US.
Source: Human Fertility Database (CC BY 4.0)Open on the chart →
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First children a woman would have at this year's rates, and how much lower that is than in 2008.
Each bar: how many percent fewer first births per woman than in 2008; the latest year in the base is next to the name.
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2008: 0.873
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2022: 0.622
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2008: 0.77
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2024: 0.551
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2008: 0.791
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2023: 0.573
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2008: 0.879
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2024: 0.642
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2008: 0.829
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2023: 0.641
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2008: 0.665
- Fertility: first births first children per woman
2023: 0.566
Human Fertility Database, first-order fertility rate (at most one per woman). Fall = 1 − latest year / 2008, rounded to a percent.
A period measure, not a cohort one: delaying births also lowers it. The card says nothing about causes.
A question for this picture
Will these women have their first child later?