The Human Fertility Database

News

See the Data Availability page for a list of the populations currently included in the HFD, with the range of years for which data on all birth orders combined as well as order-specific data on period and cohort fertility (births, fertility rates and summary indicators) are available

Changes to the HFD

Additions, updates, and changes to the Human Fertility Database (HFD) are listed below in reverse chronological order:

Date	Description of HFD Update
November 1, 2011	New website design, new summary indicators added
November 1, 2011	HFD methodology modified, data for all countries recalculated
October 31, 2011	Swiss data updated (1932-2009), order specific data (1998-2009) added
October 31, 2011	Swedish data updated through 2010
October 31, 2011	Lithuania (1959-2009) added to the HFD
October 31, 2011	Portugal (1940-2009) added to the HFD
October 28, 2011	Bulgaria (1947-2009) added to the HFD
September 2, 2011	United States data updated through 2007
August 24, 2011	Russian data updated through 2009
August 24, 2011	Estonian data updated through 2009
August 23, 2011	Data for the United Kingdom added to the HFD
July 14, 2011	Dutch data updated through 2009
June 8, 2011	Finish data updated through 2009
June 2, 2011	Hungary (1950-2009) added to the HFD
May 20, 2011	Data for Slovakia updated through 2009
May 20, 2011	Data for Czech Republic updated through 2009
May 13, 2011	Data for Germany (East and West) refined and updated through 2009
March 31, 2011	Data for Slovenia updated through 2009
March 31, 2011	French data updated through 2009
November 25, 2010	Germany (1956-2008) added to the HFD
November 15, 2010	Canada (1921-2007) added to the HFD
February 5, 2010	Switzerland (1944-2007) added to the HFD
January 20, 2010	Austrian data updated through 2008
September 25, 2009	HFD launched: Data available on-line for 6 countries