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69 Components of population change
Year Annual average Live births Stillbirths1 Deaths Excess of births over deaths Marriages contracted2 Marriages dissolved
Total Outside marriage By death3 By divorce4
1911-1915 61 103 4 267 1 390 32 700 28 403 15 320 10 367  477
1916-1920 63 474 4 436 1 430 36 656 26 818 17 851 11 794  589
1921-1925 60 267 4 126 1 310 31 211 29 056 17 002 10 571  654
1926-1930 50 087 3 485 1 270 30 603 19 484 16 859 10 846  783
1931-1935 43 342 3 011 1 106 29 561 13 781 18 604 10 714  941
1936-1940 45 183 2 823 1 043 30 289 14 894 24 949 11 239 1 081
1941-1945 56 067 4 098 1 154 31 715 24 352 24 243 11 458 1 413
1946-1950 65 886 3 233 1 176 29 254 36 632 28 772 10 990 2 220
1951-1955 62 478 2 282  968 28 564 33 914 26 969 11 379 2 086
1956-1960 63 021 2 249  912 31 298 31 723 24 091 12 960 2 160
1961-1965 63 989 2 590  803 34 994 28 995 24 300 14 921 2 452
1966-1970 66 697 3 816  752 37 522 29 175 29 055 16 602 2 960
1971-1975 61 393 5 530  560 39 568 21 825 27 898 17 567 4 463
1976-1980 51 744 6 400  377 40 739 11 005 23 677 18 088 6 106
1981-1985 50 660 10 143  290 42 505 8 155 21 108 18 536 7 451
1986-1990 56 862 19 175  252 45 013 11 849 20 407 18 730 8 812
1991-1995 60 196 20 950  263 45 102 15 093 19 456 17 939 10 411
1996-2000 59 522 29 122  244 44 348 15 174 23 314 16 835 9 608
2001-2005 56 459 28 586  209 42 671 13 788 22 180 15 485 10 720
2006-2010 60 150 32 780  214 41 573 18 577 23 695 14 715 10 307
                 
2008 60 497 33 302  221 41 712 18 785 25 125 14 982 10 158
2009 61 807 34 038  215 41 449 20 358 24 582 14 608 10 235
2010 61 442 33 655  190 41 499 19 943 23 577 14 600 10 264
2011 60 220 33 099  198 41 393 18 827 23 135 14 505 10 207
2012 60 255 33 301  184 41 992 18 263 24 346 14 801 9 929
  Live births Per 1 000 of mean population Marriages dissolved per 1 000 existing marriages5
  Total per 1 000 of mean population Outside marriage per 100 live births Stillbirths per 1 000 births1 Deaths Excess of births Marriages contracted2 By death By divorce
1911-1915 25.0 7.0 22.2 13.4 11.6 6.3 26.3 1.2
1916-1920 24.6 7.0 22.0 14.2 10.4 6.9 28.2 1.4
1921-1925 22.2 6.8 21.3 11.5 10.7 6.3 24.0 1.5
1926-1930 18.0 7.0 24.7 11.0 7.0 6.1 23.3 1.7
1931-1935 15.2 6.9 24.9 10.3 4.8 6.5 21.7 1.9
1936-1940 15.4 6.2 22.6 10.3 5.1 8.5 20.6 2.0
1941-1945 18.5 7.3 20.2 10.4 8.0 8.0 18.8 2.3
1946-1950 20.6 4.9 17.5 9.1 11.5 9.0 16.0 3.2
1951-1955 18.6 3.7 15.3 8.5 10.1 8.0 15.1 2.8
1956-1960 17.9 3.6 14.3 8.9 9.0 6.8 16.0 2.7
1961-1965 17.5 4.0 12.4 9.5 7.9 6.6 17.5 2.9
1966-1970 17.5 5.7 11.1 9.8 7.6 7.6 18.3 3.4
1971-1975 15.5 9.0 9.0 10.0 5.5 7.0 18.5 4.9
1976-1980 12.8 12.4 7.2 10.0 2.7 5.8 18.6 6.5
1981-1985 12.3 20.0 5.7 10.3 2.0 5.1 19.3 7.9
1986-1990 13.5 33.7 4.4 10.7 2.8 5.0 20.0 9.5
1991-1995 14.0 44.3 4.3 10.5 3.5 4.7 19.9 11.7
1996-2000 13.4 48.9 4.1 10.0 3.4 5.2 19.2 10.9
2001-2005 12.4 50.6 3.7 9.3 3.0 5.0 17.8 12.2
2006-2010 12.6 54.5 3.6 8.7 3.9 5.0 16.8 11.7
                 
2008 12.7 55.0 3.7 8.7 3.9 5.3 17.1 11.6
2009 12.8 55.1 3.5 8.6 4.2 5.1 16.6 11.6
2010 12.6 54.8 3.1 8.5 4.1 4.8 16.4 11.6
2011 12.2 55.0 3.3 8.4 3.8 4.7 16.3 11.4
2012 12.0 55.3 3.1 8.4 3.6 4.9 16.5 11.1
1  The figures for 1984 and later differ from those given in NOS Health Statistics.
2  The bridegroom resident in Norway. From 2009 are marriages between same sex included.
3  1911-1965: Deaths among married persons. From 1966: Deaths among married and separated persons.
4  After 1960 the figures comprise divorces where the husband was a resident in Norway. In previous years, divorces where the husband was resident abroad were also included.
5  1911-1965: Per 1 000 married women. From 1966: Per 1 000 married and separated women.
Source: Population statistics, Statistics Norway.
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