Statistics Norway

Families and households

23 Children1 0-17 years, by number of siblings2 and the child's age. 2001, 2005-2012. 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
2009 1 092 727 18.4 81.6 44.3 27.5 7.0 1.7 1.0
2010 1 097 774 18.6 81.4 44.4 27.3 6.9 1.7 1.0
2011 1 102 000 18.9 81.1 44.6 27.1 6.8 1.7 1.0
2012 1 105 279 19.1 80.9 44.7 26.9 6.7 1.6 0.9
                 
2012                
0 years 60 183 42.6 57.4 37.2 15.4 3.4 0.9 0.5
1 year 62 270 40.9 59.1 38.2 15.6 3.8 0.9 0.5
2 years 63 393 30.7 69.3 45.0 18.3 4.3 1.2 0.6
3 years 62 522 21.7 78.3 50.4 21.0 5.0 1.3 0.6
4 years 60 897 16.4 83.6 51.9 24.4 5.4 1.3 0.7
5 years 61 307 14.1 85.9 50.9 26.7 6.0 1.4 0.8
6 years 59 694 12.7 87.3 48.7 29.4 6.8 1.6 0.9
7 years 59 979 12.6 87.4 46.8 30.8 7.2 1.7 0.9
8 years 59 464 12.2 87.8 45.9 31.3 7.8 1.8 1.0
9 years 58 255 12.5 87.5 44.7 32.1 7.8 1.9 1.0
10 years 59 450 12.8 87.2 44.1 31.7 8.3 2.0 1.1
11 years 61 891 13.0 87.0 43.9 31.7 8.2 2.0 1.1
12 years 62 130 13.7 86.3 43.0 31.8 8.3 2.0 1.1
13 years 61 386 14.5 85.5 43.1 31.0 8.1 2.0 1.3
14 years 62 998 15.3 84.7 43.2 30.1 8.1 2.0 1.2
15 years 64 081 16.9 83.1 43.2 29.3 7.5 1.9 1.3
16 years 63 113 18.6 81.4 42.9 28.0 7.5 1.9 1.1
17 years 62 266 21.0 79.0 42.3 26.6 7.1 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-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.
3  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.

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