Statistics Norway

Children statistics

6   Children 0-17 years of age, by county and number of siblings1 regardless of age. 1 January 2003. Number and per cent
  Total2 Number of siblings
  0 1 2 3 4 5- 
  Number
The whole country 1 066 387  187 965  464 121  304 494 80 032 18 967 10 808
               
Østfold 56 978 11 235 27 645 13 465 3 104  863  666
Akershus  121 510 21 817 60 218 31 167 6 341 1 234  733
Oslo  100 037 24 883 43 288 21 340 6 545 2 323 1 658
Hedmark 40 451 7 258 18 766 11 012 2 570  512  333
Oppland 39 912 6 797 18 772 11 031 2 556  464  292
Buskerud 54 547 10 379 25 932 13 608 3 165  791  672
Vestfold 50 380 9 353 23 905 12 751 2 909  772  690
Telemark 37 111 6 794 16 959 9 625 2 533  680  520
Aust-Agder 24 604 3 856 10 344 7 633 2 087  422  262
Vest-Agder 40 022 5 874 16 202 13 089 3 548  876  433
Rogaland  101 457 14 281 39 508 34 954 9 816 1 993  905
Hordaland  108 649 16 925 42 865 35 385 10 244 2 247  983
Sogn og Fjordane 26 682 3 332 9 308 9 767 3 265  740  270
Møre og Romsdal 58 691 8 569 22 841 20 163 5 443 1 193  482
Sør-Trøndelag 63 131 11 651 28 427 17 712 4 057  947  337
Nord-Trøndelag 31 339 4 694 12 831 10 296 2 602  730  186
Nordland 56 247 9 863 23 580 16 439 4 796  979  590
Troms 36 453 6 931 15 559 9 995 2 876  720  372
Finnmark 18 186 3 473 7 171 5 062 1 575  481  424
               
  Per cent of children, total
               
The whole country 100.0 17.6 43.5 28.6 7.5 1.8 1.0
               
Østfold  100.0 19.7 48.5 23.6 5.4 1.5 1.2
Akershus  100.0 18.0 49.6 25.6 5.2 1.0 0.6
Oslo  100.0 24.9 43.3 21.3 6.5 2.3 1.7
Hedmark  100.0 17.9 46.4 27.2 6.4 1.3 0.8
Oppland  100.0 17.0 47.0 27.6 6.4 1.2 0.7
Buskerud  100.0 19.0 47.5 24.9 5.8 1.5 1.2
Vestfold  100.0 18.6 47.4 25.3 5.8 1.5 1.4
Telemark  100.0 18.3 45.7 25.9 6.8 1.8 1.4
Aust-Agder  100.0 15.7 42.0 31.0 8.5 1.7 1.1
Vest-Agder  100.0 14.7 40.5 32.7 8.9 2.2 1.1
Rogaland  100.0 14.1 38.9 34.5 9.7 2.0 0.9
Hordaland  100.0 15.6 39.5 32.6 9.4 2.1 0.9
Sogn og Fjordane  100.0 12.5 34.9 36.6 12.2 2.8 1.0
Møre og Romsdal  100.0 14.6 38.9 34.4 9.3 2.0 0.8
Sør-Trøndelag  100.0 18.5 45.0 28.1 6.4 1.5 0.5
Nord-Trøndelag  100.0 15.0 40.9 32.9 8.3 2.3 0.6
Nordland  100.0 17.5 41.9 29.2 8.5 1.7 1.0
Troms  100.0 19.0 42.7 27.4 7.9 2.0 1.0
Finnmark  100.0 19.1 39.4 27.8 8.7 2.6 2.3
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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