Statistics Norway

Children statistics

8 Children1 0-17 years, by number of siblings2 and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Per cent
Age Children, total Children with no siblings Children with siblings
Total 1 sibling 2 siblings 3 siblings 4 siblings 5 siblings or more
20013 1 049 842 17.3 82.7 43.5 28.8 7.6 1.8 1.0
2005 1 078 081 17.6 82.4 43.6 28.5 7.5 1.8 1.0
2006 1 082 684 17.7 82.3 43.8 28.3 7.4 1.8 1.0
2007 1 085 765 17.9 82.1 44.0 28.0 7.3 1.7 1.0
2008 1 088 716 18.2 81.8 44.2 27.8 7.1 1.7 1.0
                 
2008                
0 years 58 479 41.6 58.4 36.9 16.1 3.9 0.9 0.5
1 year 59 342 39.4 60.6 38.8 16.2 4.1 1.0 0.6
2 years 58 226 28.8 71.2 45.3 19.2 4.9 1.1 0.7
3 years 58 512 20.1 79.9 50.6 22.0 5.3 1.3 0.6
4 years 58 279 16.0 84.0 51.3 24.7 5.8 1.4 0.8
5 years 57 087 14.1 85.9 50.0 27.1 6.5 1.5 0.8
6 years 58 176 12.8 87.2 48.3 29.5 7.0 1.6 0.9
7 years 60 578 12.1 87.9 46.6 31.1 7.4 1.8 1.0
8 years 60 828 11.7 88.3 45.0 32.5 7.9 1.9 1.0
9 years 60 179 11.8 88.3 44.1 32.7 8.2 2.0 1.1
10 years 61 801 11.6 88.4 43.7 32.7 8.6 2.1 1.2
11 years 63 191 12.3 87.7 43.1 32.9 8.5 2.0 1.3
12 years 62 475 12.7 87.3 42.7 32.5 8.6 2.2 1.3
13 years 62 211 13.3 86.7 42.9 31.6 8.6 2.3 1.3
14 years 61 742 14.7 85.3 42.2 31.3 8.5 2.1 1.3
15 years 62 430 16.3 83.7 42.4 29.8 8.3 2.1 1.2
16 years 62 959 18.6 81.4 41.8 28.7 7.9 1.9 1.1
17 years 62 218 20.7 79.3 41.3 27.6 7.4 1.8 1.1
1  A child is defined as any person with no partner and no child who has de jure place of usual residence in the dwelling/private household of at least one of the parents. A child is either biological or adopted. A foster child is not considered a child.
2  Siblings living at home comprises biological-, half-, and step-siblings. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Step-siblings are offsprings having no parents in common, but one of their parents are living together as married or cohabiting couples. Persons living in the same private household as their parents are regarded as living at home. A person does not have to be considered a child in the houshold to be regarded as a sibling.
3  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.

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