Statistics Norway

Children statistics

2 Children1 0-17 years, by number of parents2 in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements, siblings3 living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
  Children, total Living with both parents
  With no siblings With siblings Total Married4 Cohabitant
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20015  181 489  868 353  104 881  701 688 63 657  588 547 41 224  113 141
2005  190 045  888 037  103 752  703 899 61 896  577 953 41 856  125 946
2006  192 113  890 571  104 187  703 879 62 022  572 602 42 165  131 277
2007  194 645  891 119  105 292  704 958 61 873  567 382 43 419  137 576
2008  197 648  891 068  107 277  706 326 62 610  563 635 44 667  142 691
2009  201 185  891 542  108 561  706 753 63 223  561 413 45 338  145 340
                 
2009                
0 years 25 859 34 666 20 914 31 492 8 588 19 200 12 326 12 292
1 year 23 324 35 969 19 375 32 955 9 072 21 264 10 303 11 691
2 years 17 796 42 274 13 753 38 488 7 196 26 077 6 557 12 411
3 years 11 619 47 064 7 706 42 514 4 339 29 734 3 367 12 780
4 years 9 366 49 625 5 282 44 081 3 069 31 979 2 213 12 102
5 years 8 179 50 511 3 976 43 805 2 449 32 882 1 527 10 923
6 years 7 378 49 983 3 141 42 272 1 987 32 484 1 154 9 788
7 years 7 277 51 362 2 720 42 285 1 791 33 493  929 8 792
8 years 7 277 53 655 2 585 43 207 1 745 34 754  840 8 453
9 years 7 274 53 902 2 497 42 257 1 720 34 831  777 7 426
10 years 7 333 53 230 2 449 40 611 1 696 33 944  753 6 667
11 years 7 628 54 600 2 404 40 762 1 718 34 708  686 6 054
12 years 8 269 55 234 2 604 40 405 1 992 34 639  612 5 766
13 years 8 615 54 152 2 827 39 060 2 171 33 929  656 5 131
14 years 9 226 53 241 3 096 37 878 2 482 33 328  614 4 550
15 years 10 134 51 774 3 594 36 242 2 956 32 246  638 3 996
16 years 11 546 50 827 4 378 34 978 3 693 31 520  685 3 458
17 years 13 085 49 474 5 260 33 460 4 560 30 401  700 3 059
  Total Mother Father
  With no siblings With siblings Only mother Mother, step-father6 Only father Father, step-mother7
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20014 76 353  166 608 52 387 93 933 12 324 55 000 10 300 10 650 1 342 7 025
2005 86 292  184 137 56 221  101 052 14 367 61 591 13 844 12 394 1 860 9 100
2006 87 926  186 692 56 808  102 495 14 378 62 139 14 836 12 510 1 904 9 548
2007 89 353  186 161 57 024  102 088 14 617 61 727 15 607 12 479 2 105 9 867
2008 90 371  184 740 57 103  100 736 14 771 61 110 16 279 12 703 2 218 10 191
2009 92 624  184 788 58 477  100 516 14 675 60 434 17 039 13 194 2 433 10 644
                     
2009                    
0 years 4 945 3 175 4 127 2 216  586  859  199 75 33 25
1 year 3 949 3 014 3 344 2 503  288  359  270  106 47 46
2 years 4 043 3 786 3 364 3 020  310  511  320  186 49 69
3 years 3 914 4 549 3 054 3 538  432  671  370  264 58 76
4 years 4 084 5 544 2 994 4 098  484  979  540  331 66  136
5 years 4 203 6 705 2 975 4 626  566 1 450  587  420 75  209
6 years 4 238 7 711 2 792 4 977  643 1 989  726  518 77  227
7 years 4 557 9 076 2 910 5 555  717 2 590  815  574  115  357
8 years 4 692 10 448 3 016 6 038  716 3 238  851  699  109  473
9 years 4 778 11 645 2 910 6 325  764 3 990  985  772  119  558
10 years 4 884 12 619 2 813 6 599  863 4 400 1 079  883  129  737
11 years 5 224 13 839 2 978 7 058  938 4 963 1 162  961  146  857
12 years 5 665 14 829 3 243 7 276 1 011 5 514 1 248 1 084  163  955
13 years 5 788 15 092 3 183 7 390 1 081 5 628 1 353 1 048  171 1 026
14 years 6 130 15 364 3 291 7 217 1 130 5 764 1 488 1 283  221 1 100
15 years 6 540 15 533 3 551 7 300 1 220 5 779 1 520 1 293  249 1 161
16 years 7 169 15 849 3 809 7 382 1 331 5 868 1 743 1 278  286 1 321
17 years 7 825 16 013 4 126 7 399 1 594 5 883 1 786 1 420  319 1 311
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  Biological parents and adoptive parents.
3  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.
4  Included 17 adopted children who lives with registered partners in 2009.
5  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.
6  Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 223 children in 2009 where mother has contracted registered partnership.
7  Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 16 children in 2009 where father has contracted registered partnership.

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