Demography sheet

Describes the demography sheet of InputsEconomy.

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Unit: Number of people

Source code: -

Source data link(s) and access dates:

• https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/11re.px/ Date accessed: 2026-01-18 File: Population by age and sex 1972-2024 001_11re_2024_20260118-191522.xlsx

Note:

• Age groups used in the model: 0-14, 15-65, 65-84, 85- v.
• Also see: https://www.tilastokeskus.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_vaesto.html#V%C3%A4est%C3%B6nmuutokset%201950-2022
• Eurostat data https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_pjangroup__custom_13219747/default/table?lang=en
• Date accessed: 2024-10-09
• File: ‘Population by age group and sex 1960-2023 demo_pjangroup__custom_13219747_spreadsheet’

• Description: Share of skill levels by gender and age group.
• Unit: Shares
• Source code link: -
• Source data link(s) and access date:
• Calculated in: https://github.com/sisu-fingreen/fingreen-data/blob/main/R/inputs-economy-demography-skills.R
• Uses data from: https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vkour/12bq.px/
• Date accessed: 1.2.2026
• File: ‘’
• Note:
• Had to use statfin data since the Eurostat data did not have a credible share of low-skilled people
• Skills based on the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011), with levels:
• [ED0-2] Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2)
• [ED3_4] Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 and 4)
• [ED5-8] Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
• https://stat.fi/fi/luokitukset/koulutus/koulutus_1_20160101
• https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfs_9901__custom_19823705/default/table

• Description: distribution of individuals entering the workforce across different skill levels
• Unit: Calibrated rate of change
• Source code link: -
• Source data link(s) and access date: -
• Date accessed: -
• Note:
• 'S1 trend entry skill gs' data: According to David, these values are currently calibrated in the Italian model, but earlier they were computed as the average growth rates using data from Eurostat.
• Source for earlier values used https://gpseducation.oecd.org/CountryProfile?plotter=h5&primaryCountry=FIN&treshold=5&topic=EO)
• Date accessed: 12.10.2024

• Description: fertility rate, total
• Unit: births per woman
• Source code link: -
• Source data link(s) and access date: https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__synt/12dt.px/table/tableViewLayout1/
• Date accessed: 7.3.2024
• Note:
• There has been a noticeable decline in fertility rates since 2010, which we need to account for.
• Create a lookup function to capture historical shift in fertility rates exogenously and set an exogenous target fertility rate for the future, using present (2024) rate as the default option.

• Description: average reproductive age of the population
• Unit: years
• Source code link: -
• Source data link(s) and access date: 14lg -- Average age of becoming biological mothers and fathers, 1990-2024
• File ‘Reproductive age of women 1990-2024 001_14lg_2024_20260419-102839’
• Date accessed: 2026-04-19
• Note:
• Increasing trend might need to be accounted for

• Description: death by gender and total
• Unit: number of deaths per year
• Source code link: -
• Source data link(s) and access date: https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__kuol/12af.px/table/tableViewLayout1/
• Date accessed: 7.3.2024
• Note: -

• Description: -
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• Source data link(s) and access date: https://statfin.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__tjt/118w.px/
• File: ‘Household demographics by region 1995-2023 001_118w_2023_20250312-160344’
• Date accessed: 2025-03-12
• Note: Only used to define the initial average values for the variable ‘num hhs rq init’, which are replaced with the initial model runs values.