Fewer than 50,000 children were born in Finland in 2018, bringing the national fertility rate to an all-time low, according to Statistic Finland.

Births dropped by 3,000 year-on-year, marking a fertility rate of 1.4 births per woman, down from 1.5 in 2017. To put this in a comparative perspective, the average EU fertility rate in 2016 was 1.6.

Within the EU, France reported the highest total fertility rate in 2016, with 1.92 live births per woman, followed by Sweden, with 1.85 births. The ...