Children statistics

6   Children 0-17 years of age, by county and number of siblings1 regardless of age. 1 January 2002. Number and per cent
  Total2 Number of siblings
  0 1 2 3 4 5- 
  Number
The whole country 1 058 707  185 609  460 322  303 331 80 089 18 922 10 434
               
Østfold 56 019 11 010 27 398 13 168 3 023  758  662
Akershus  119 397 21 269 58 940 30 936 6 241 1 292  719
Oslo 98 384 24 370 42 775 20 978 6 259 2 482 1 520
Hedmark 40 350 7 093 18 899 10 977 2 571  512  298
Oppland 39 634 6 768 18 617 11 007 2 512  469  261
Buskerud 54 085 10 286 25 687 13 608 3 164  705  635
Vestfold 49 966 9 090 23 795 12 696 2 922  739  724
Telemark 37 147 6 813 16 885 9 701 2 528  637  583
Aust-Agder 24 691 3 838 10 271 7 727 2 181  427  247
Vest-Agder 39 749 5 817 15 915 13 146 3 563  875  433
Rogaland  100 782 14 063 39 040 34 844 9 937 1 995  903
Hordaland  107 906 16 843 42 059 35 393 10 447 2 276  888
Sogn og Fjordane 26 747 3 353 9 329 9 793 3 239  754  279
Møre og Romsdal 58 846 8 625 22 853 20 241 5 508 1 212  407
Sør-Trøndelag 62 684 11 583 28 268 17 505 4 088  926  314
Nord-Trøndelag 31 276 4 627 12 905 10 272 2 643  628  201
Nordland 56 470 9 854 23 817 16 346 4 846 1 055  552
Troms 36 372 6 849 15 592 9 966 2 854  698  413
Finnmark 18 202 3 458 7 277 5 027 1 563  482  395
               
  Per cent of children, total
The whole country  100.0 17.5 43.5 28.7 7.6 1.8 1.0
               
Østfold  100.0 19.7 48.9 23.5 5.4 1.4 1.2
Akershus  100.0 17.8 49.4 25.9 5.2 1.1 0.6
Oslo  100.0 24.8 43.5 21.3 6.4 2.5 1.5
Hedmark  100.0 17.6 46.8 27.2 6.4 1.3 0.7
Oppland  100.0 17.1 47.0 27.8 6.3 1.2 0.7
Buskerud  100.0 19.0 47.5 25.2 5.9 1.3 1.2
Vestfold  100.0 18.2 47.6 25.4 5.8 1.5 1.4
Telemark  100.0 18.3 45.5 26.1 6.8 1.7 1.6
Aust-Agder  100.0 15.5 41.6 31.3 8.8 1.7 1.0
Vest-Agder  100.0 14.6 40.0 33.1 9.0 2.2 1.1
Rogaland  100.0 14.0 38.7 34.6 9.9 2.0 0.9
Hordaland  100.0 15.6 39.0 32.8 9.7 2.1 0.8
Sogn og Fjordane  100.0 12.5 34.9 36.6 12.1 2.8 1.0
Møre og Romsdal  100.0 14.7 38.8 34.4 9.4 2.1 0.7
Sør-Trøndelag  100.0 18.5 45.1 27.9 6.5 1.5 0.5
Nord-Trøndelag  100.0 14.8 41.3 32.8 8.5 2.0 0.6
Nordland  100.0 17.4 42.2 28.9 8.6 1.9 1.0
Troms  100.0 18.8 42.9 27.4 7.8 1.9 1.1
Finnmark  100.0 19.0 40.0 27.6 8.6 2.6 2.2
1  Siblings living at home, at the same address as the child.
2  Children total includes children who live at home at age 0-17 years only. Children 0-17 years who are registered as having left the family home, who have married or who have their own children are not included.

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