What's New?

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.

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


Date Description of HFD Update

15.11.2023

Data for France and Spain were updated through 2021 and data for Switzerland were updated through 2022

28.09.2023

Data for Ireland were added to the HFD; data were updated for Italy through 2020, for Iceland through 2021, and for Finland through 2022

20.04.2023

Data for Norway and Sweden were updated through 2022

28.03.2023

Data for the USA were updated through 2021

15.03.2023

Data for Denmark were updated through 2022

12.03.2023

Data for Japan were updated through 2021

07.03.2023

Data for Bulgaria and Czechia were updated through 2021

05.01.2023

Data for France and the UK were updated through 2020, and data for Portugal and Switzerland were updated through 2021

02.09.2022

Data for Iceland and the Republic of Korea were updated through 2020, and data for Finland were updated through 2021

30.06.2022

Data for Poland were updated through 2019 and data for the USA were updated through 2020

31.05.2022

Data for France and Italy were updated through 2019 and data for Sweden were updated through 2021

04.05.2022

Data for Denmark were updated through 2021

26.04.2022

Data for Japan were updated through 2020

11.04.2022

Data for Belgium were added to the HFD; data for Spain were updated through 2020

15.03.2022

Data for Lithuania were updated through 2020

14.03.2022

Data for Hungary were updated through 2020

10.03.2022

Data for Canada were updated through 2019, and data for Finland and Sweden were updated through 2020

10.01.2022

Data for Canada were updated through 2019, and data for Finland and Sweden were updated through 2020

13.10.2021

Data for Italy were updated through 2018

27.08.2021

Data for Austria, Czechia, and the Netherlands were updated through 2019, and data for Norway and Portugal were updated through 2020

27.05.2021

Data for Croatia were updated through 2019, and data for Denmark were updated through 2020

22.04.2021

Data for Belarus and Canada were updated through 2018, and data for Estonia, Taiwan, and the USA were updated through 2019

23.11.2020

Data for Finland, Lithuania, and Sweden were updated through 2019 and data for Russia were updated through 2018

29.09.2020

Data for France, the Netherlands and Spain were updated through 2018

24.09.2020

Data were updated for the USA through 2018 and for Denmark through 2019

02.09.2020

Data for the UK were updated through 2018

11.06.2020

Data for Czechia and Switzerland were updated through 2018

12.05.2020

Data for Iceland and Japan were updated through 2018

21.04.2020

Data for Portugal were updated through 2018

03.03.2020

Data for Italy were updated through 2017

06.02.2020

Data for Republic of Korea were revised and updated through 2018

28.01.2020

Data for Finland, Norway and Sweden were updated through 2018

11.11.2019

Data for Republic of Korea were added to the HFD

17.09.2019

Data for France were updated through 2017

26.08.2019

Data for Poland were updated through 2016

26.06.2019

Data for Canada were updated through 2016

15.05.2019

Data for Japan were updated through 2017

07.05.2019

Data for Germany as well as for East(ern) and West(ern) Germany, Sweden and USA were updated through 2017

08.04.2019

Data for Czechia and Slovenia were updated through 2017

30.11.2018

Data for Croatia were added to the HFD. Data for Iceland were updated through 2015, for Japan through 2016 and for Latvia (section for preliminary data) through 2017

21.11.2018

Data for Spain were updated through 2016 and for Estonia, Hungary and Lithuania through 2017

12.10.2018

Data for Austria were updated through 2017

24.09.2018

Data for France were updated through 2016

06.09.2018

Data for the UK were updated through 2016; data for Denmark (through 2016) were added to the HFD

15.08.2018

Data for the USA, Switzerland and the Netherlands were updated through 2016

25.05.2018

Data for Belarus were updated through 2016 and for Slovakia through 2014

17.04.2018

Data for Czech Republic were updated through 2016; country name was changed to Czechia

31.01.2018

Data for Sweden were updated through 2016

06.10.2017

Data for Poland were added to the HFD; data for the USA were updated through 2015

18.09.2017

Data for the United Kingdom and Italy were updated through 2014

07.07.2017

Data for the Netherlands were updated through 2014 and for France through 2015

30.03.2017

Preliminary data were released for Greece (through 2009)

27.03.2017

Data for Portugal were updated through 2015

20.02.2017

Data for Finland were updated through 2015

04.10.2016

Data for Japan were updated through 2014

30.08.2016

Data for Spain were added to the HFD

22.08.2016

Data for Switzerland were updated through 2014

21.06.2016

Data were updated for USA through 2014, for Germany (East and West as well) through 2013, and for Iceland through 2012. Preliminary data were released for Israel (1983-2009) and updated for Ireland through 2014.

08.06.2016

Data for Hungary and Russia were updated through 2014; preliminary data (through 2014) were released for Luxembourg

25.05.2016

Data for Taiwan, Estonia and Lithuania were updated through 2014

17.05.2016

Preliminary data were released for Denmark (through 2014)

22.04.2016

Preliminary data were released for Latvia (through 2014)

31.03.2016

Data for Sweden were updated through 2014

16.03.2016

Data for Belarus were updated through 2014

14.03.2016

Data for Canada were updated through 2011

02.03.2016

Data for Finland and Norway were updated through 2012 and 2014, respectively

15.02.2016

Data for Italy (until 2012) were added to the HFD

10.02.2016

Data for Slovenia were updated through 2014

20.01.2016

Data for the USA and Ukraine were updated through 2013

03.12.2015

Data for the Czech Republic were updated through 2014; data for Estonia were updated through 2013

30.11.2015

Data for Lithuania were updated through 2013

13.11.2015

Preliminary data were released for Italy

09.11.2015

Data for the United Kingdom were updated through 2013

09.11.2015

Data for Austria were updated through 2014

09.11.2015

Data for the Netherlands were updated through 2012

02.10.2015

Data for France were updated through 2013

01.04.2015

Data for Japan were updated through 2012

21.01.2015

Data for Germany (East and West) were updated through 2012

26.09.2014

Data for Iceland were added to the HFD

24.07.2014

Data for Chile were added to the HFD

02.05.2014

Data for Estonia were updated through 2012 and include important revisions for 1990-2010 (see the B&D for details)

04.04.2014

Data for Belarus were added to the HFD

20.03.2014

Data for Portugal were updated through 2012

20.03.2014

Data for France were updated through 2012

12.03.2014

Data for Sweden were updated through 2011

06.03.2014

Data for Lithuania were updated through 2011

11.12.2013

Data for the United Kingdom were updated through 2011

11.11.2013

Data for Ukraine were added to the HFD

01.10.2013

Data for Canada were updated through 2009 and include important revisions (see the B&D for details)

13.06.2013

Data for Germany (East and West) refined and updated through 2010, order specific data (2009-2010) added. See the B&D for the explanation of some changes in the data.

08.04.2013

Data for Switzerland were updated through 2011

08.04.2013

Data for Taiwan were added to the HFD

27.02.2013

Data for Japan were added to the HFD

21.02.2013

Data for Norway were added to the HFD

08.02.2013

Data for the Czech Republic were updated through 2011

06.02.2013

Data for the USA were updated through 2010

11.12.2012

Data for France were updated through 2010. See the B&D for the explanation of some changes in the data.

02.11.2012

Data for Estonia were updated through 2010

21.05.2012

Data for Lithuania were updated through 2010

17.04.2012

Data for Russia were revised and updated through 2010. Note some changes in data for 1992, 1994 and 2002 due to applied territorial adjustments and in data for 2003 due to added birth counts. For details see the B&D file.

09.01.2012

Austrian data updated through 2010

01.11.2011

HFD methodology modified, data for all countries recalculated

01.11.2011

new website design, new summary indicators added

31.10.2011

Swiss data updated (1932-2009), order specific data (1998-2009) added

31.10.2011

Swedish data updated through 2010

31.10.2011

Portugal (1940-2009) added to the HFD

31.10.2011

Lithuania (1959-2009) added to the HFD

28.10.2011

Bulgaria (1947-2009) added to the HFD

02.09.2011

Data for the United States updated through 2007

24.08.2011

Estonian data updated through 2009

24.08.2011

Russian data updated through 2009

23.08.2011

Data for the United Kingdom added to the HFD

14.07.2011

Dutch data updated through 2009

08.06.2011

Finish data updated through 2009

02.06.2011

Hungary (1950-2009) added to the HFD

20.05.2011

Data for Czech Republic updated through 2009

20.05.2011

Data for Slovakia updated through 2009

13.05.2011

Data for Germany (East and West) refined and updated through 2009

31.03.2011

French data updated through 2009

31.03.2011

Data for Slovenia updated through 2009

25.11.2010

Germany (1956-2008) added to the HFD

15.11.2010

Canada (1921-2007) added to the HFD

05.02.2010

Switzerland (1944-2007) added to the HFD

20.01.2010

Austrian data updated through 2008

25.09.2009

HFD launched: Data available on-line for 6 countries