The average birth weight of a newborn baby in Iceland was 3,594 metric grams in 2022. That year, the average birth weight of baby boys was 136 grams higher than the average for baby girls. The average birth weight was quite stable within the last decade.
Average weight of newborn babies in Iceland from 2012 to 2022, by gender
(in metric grams)
Characteristic
Total
Girls
Boys
2022
3,594
3,522
3,658
2021
3,618
3,549
3,681
2020
3,611
3,555
3,661
2019
3,597
3,534
3,658
2018
3,596
3,531
3,655
2017
3,598
3,555
3,638
2016
3,596
3,538
3,653
2015
3,599
3,540
3,655
2014
3,616
3,554
3,675
2013
3,590
3,531
3,650
2012
3,604
3,550
3,654
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Statistics Iceland. (May 9, 2023). Average weight of newborn babies in Iceland from 2012 to 2022, by gender (in metric grams) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050656/average-weight-of-newborns-in-iceland-by-gender/
Statistics Iceland. "Average weight of newborn babies in Iceland from 2012 to 2022, by gender (in metric grams)." Chart. May 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050656/average-weight-of-newborns-in-iceland-by-gender/
Statistics Iceland. (2023). Average weight of newborn babies in Iceland from 2012 to 2022, by gender (in metric grams). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050656/average-weight-of-newborns-in-iceland-by-gender/
Statistics Iceland. "Average Weight of Newborn Babies in Iceland from 2012 to 2022, by Gender (in Metric Grams)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050656/average-weight-of-newborns-in-iceland-by-gender/
Statistics Iceland, Average weight of newborn babies in Iceland from 2012 to 2022, by gender (in metric grams) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050656/average-weight-of-newborns-in-iceland-by-gender/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Average weight of newborn babies in Iceland from 2012 to 2022, by gender (in metric grams) [Graph], Statistics Iceland, May 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050656/average-weight-of-newborns-in-iceland-by-gender/
