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, 2005-2010
  Children, total Living with both parents
  With no siblings With siblings Total Married Cohabitant
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20014  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
2010  204 444  893 329  110 437  708 357 63 906  558 650 46 531  149 707
                 
2010                
0 years 26 443 35 465 21 580 32 196 8 708 19 558 12 872 12 638
1 year 24 807 36 577 20 292 33 270 9 563 21 419 10 729 11 851
2 years 17 672 42 250 13 530 38 228 6 889 25 543 6 641 12 685
3 years 12 325 48 284 8 145 43 227 4 581 29 929 3 564 13 298
4 years 9 171 49 972 5 079 44 202 3 053 31 830 2 026 12 372
5 years 8 244 51 164 4 038 44 413 2 526 33 090 1 512 11 323
6 years 7 603 51 379 3 309 43 510 2 121 33 409 1 188 10 101
7 years 7 118 50 589 2 784 41 854 1 844 32 762  940 9 092
8 years 7 251 51 704 2 565 41 598 1 725 33 462  840 8 136
9 years 7 401 53 914 2 487 42 493 1 722 34 625  765 7 868
10 years 7 604 53 961 2 530 41 441 1 787 34 497  743 6 944
11 years 7 745 53 155 2 551 39 819 1 822 33 620  729 6 199
12 years 8 104 54 429 2 533 39 927 1 869 34 212  664 5 715
13 years 8 983 54 850 2 829 39 442 2 207 34 029  622 5 413
14 years 9 433 53 628 3 175 38 058 2 514 33 260  661 4 798
15 years 10 221 52 372 3 588 36 628 2 955 32 335  633 4 293
16 years 11 384 50 492 4 204 34 813 3 540 31 046  664 3 767
17 years 12 939 49 149 5 217 33 238 4 481 30 025  736 3 213
  Living with one of the parents
  Total Mother Father
  With no siblings With siblings Only mother Mother and step-parent Only father Father and step-parent
  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
2010 94 007  184 972 59 121  100 859 14 660 59 582 17 703 13 464 2 523 11 067
                     
2010                    
0 years 4 863 3 269 4 083 2 365  543  801  207 79 30 24
1 year 4 515 3 307 3 814 2 652  387  475  271  130 43 50
2 years 4 142 4 022 3 351 3 221  362  543  374  185 55 73
3 years 4 180 5 057 3 260 3 815  413  809  455  321 52  112
4 years 4 092 5 770 3 029 4 194  477 1 075  524  361 62  140
5 years 4 206 6 751 2 884 4 657  544 1 434  695  457 83  203
6 years 4 294 7 869 2 857 5 121  616 1 976  718  497  103  275
7 years 4 334 8 735 2 734 5 318  689 2 504  813  586 98  327
8 years 4 686 10 106 2 834 5 843  756 3 109  976  680  120  474
9 years 4 914 11 421 3 052 6 285  748 3 726  997  803  117  607
10 years 5 074 12 520 2 939 6 583  850 4 382 1 134  866  151  689
11 years 5 194 13 336 2 903 6 741  940 4 735 1 187  976  164  884
12 years 5 571 14 502 3 107 7 235 1 005 5 237 1 270 1 059  189  971
13 years 6 154 15 408 3 410 7 412 1 115 5 714 1 422 1 187  207 1 095
14 years 6 258 15 570 3 407 7 455 1 189 5 791 1 458 1 136  204 1 188
15 years 6 633 15 744 3 505 7 276 1 238 5 823 1 625 1 381  265 1 264
16 years 7 180 15 679 3 865 7 308 1 348 5 680 1 699 1 400  268 1 291
17 years 7 722 15 911 4 090 7 377 1 441 5 770 1 878 1 362  313 1 402
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-siblings and stepbrothers and -sisters. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Stepbrothers and -sisters 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  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.

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