Iceland's COVID Baby Surge: Why Third Births Jumped 38% Among Educated Women
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Iceland's COVID Baby Surge: Why Third Births Jumped 38% Among Educated Women
Photo by Luca Micheli on UnsplashDuring the height of COVID-19 in 2021, Iceland experienced a surprising rise in fertility rates, with the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) increasing from 1.79 to 1.90 (Statistics Iceland). The trend was short-lived, and researchers Ásdís Arnalds, Ari Klængur Jónsson, and Sunna Símonardóttir investigated whether a parental leave reform or pandemic conditions drove the change in their 2025 paper "The 2021 Baby Boom in I…
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