Finland's fertility rate was the lowest on record in 2022, Statistics Finland said in a press release on Friday.

芬兰统计局在周五的一份新闻稿中表示，2022年芬兰的生育率为有史以来的最低水平。

Last year, the country registered 1.32 births per woman, the lowest level since the records started in 1776. In 2021, the figure was 1.46.

2022年，该国每名妇女生育1.32个孩子，为自1776年开始记录以来的最低水平。2021年，这一数字为1.46。

In 2022, 44,951 children were born in Finland.

2022年，芬兰有44951名儿童出生。

Statistics Finland said the main reason for the drop was that families chose not to have a second or third child.

芬兰统计局表示，生育率下降的主要原因是家庭选择不生二胎或三胎。

In recent years, the proportion of first-born babies among newborns has increased slightly. While just under 41 percent of those born in 2018 were first-born children, this proportion rose to 43 percent in 2022.

近年来，新生儿中头胎婴儿的比例略有上升。2018年出生的新生儿中，只有不到41%是头胎，而这一比例在2022年上升到43%。

However, the number of second and third-born children decreased more than that of first-borns. Of the children born in 2022, 19,500 were first-borns, 14,900 were second-born, 6,100 were third-born and about 4,400 were fourth and later born.

然而，二胎和三胎的数量比一胎减少得更多。在2022年出生的孩子中，有1.95万人是头胎，1.49万人是二胎，6100人是三胎，约4400人是四胎及以后出生的。

Almost half of the babies were born out of wedlock in 2022. Their proportion has increased since the 1970s. The increase was most marked in the 1980s and 1990s, from 13 percent to 39 percent. In 2022, up to 49 percent of children were born outside marriage.

2022年，几乎一半的婴儿是非婚生育。自20世纪70年代以来，这一比例有所上升。这一增长在20世纪八九十年代最为显著，从13%增至39%。到2022年，高达49%的孩子来自婚外生育。

The birth rate in Finland has fallen steadily for almost a decade. The figure dropped from 1.87 births per woman in 2010 to 1.35 in 2019.

近十年来，芬兰的出生率一直在稳步下降。从2010年的每名妇女生育1.87个孩子下降到2019年的1.35个。

A brief uptick in births was seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the fertility rate rose from 1.35 children per woman in 2019 to 1.46 in 2021.

在2019疫情期间，出生率出现了短暂的上升，生育率从2019年的每名妇女1.35个孩子上升到2021年的1.46个孩子。