Statistics Norway

Births

8   Total fertility rate1, by county. 1968-2003
  Total fertility rate
  Annual average 2001 2002 2003 Changes
2002-2003
  1968-1969 1971-1975 1976-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000
The whole country 2.72 2.24 1.77 1.68 1.82 1.88 1.85     1.78     1.75     1.80 0.05
01 Østfold 2.52 2.13 1.68 1.54 1.66 1.72 1.72 1.71 1.72 1.70 -0.02
02 Akershus 2.59 2.06 1.61 1.54 1.78 1.82 1.80 1.72 1.78 1.87 0.09
03 Oslo 2.00 1.67 1.43 1.38 1.63 1.71 1.69 1.64 1.62 1.70 0.08
04 Hedmark 2.57 2.08 1.57 1.52 1.65 1.75 1.71 1.67 1.64 1.75 0.11
05 Oppland 2.65 2.19 1.62 1.53 1.65 1.72 1.72 1.70 1.70 1.73 0.03
06 Buskerud 2.49 2.11 1.63 1.59 1.72 1.74 1.74 1.71 1.66 1.73 0.07
07 Vestfold 2.56 2.13 1.67 1.57 1.76 1.78 1.75 1.70 1.60 1.69 0.09
08 Telemark 2.59 2.18 1.73 1.66 1.78 1.77 1.73 1.72 1.63 1.70 0.07
09 Aust-Agder 2.85 2.47 2.00 1.86 1.87 1.89 1.90 1.74 1.64 1.64 0.00
10 Vest-Agder 2.96 2.52 2.10 1.92 1.98 2.02 1.96 1.88 1.85 1.78 -0.07
11 Rogaland 3.11 2.54 2.13 1.98 2.07 2.13 2.08 1.96 1.92 1.99 0.07
12 Hordaland 2.94 2.43 1.92 1.83 1.98 2.02 1.97 1.91 1.86 1.85 -0.01
14 Sogn og Fjordane 3.24 2.69 2.12 1.97 2.04 2.11 2.11 1.99 1.97 2.08 0.11
15 Møre og Romsdal 3.16 2.48 1.95 1.88 1.95 1.97 2.00 1.98 1.86 1.96 0.10
16 Sør-Trøndelag 2.83 2.37 1.78 1.67 1.82 1.90 1.87 1.80 1.77 1.76 -0.01
17 Nord-Trøndelag 3.09 2.51 1.93 1.83 1.94 2.00 2.03 1.98 1.91 1.97 0.06
18 Nordland 3.13 2.45 1.93 1.80 1.90 1.97 1.93 1.83 1.78 1.84 0.06
19 Troms 3.29 2.54 1.85 1.77 1.87 2.00 1.90 1.78 1.75 1.70 -0.05
20 Finnmark Finnmárku 3.40 2.73 1.86 1.80 1.93 2.06 2.05 1.85 1.94 1.81 -0.13
1  Sum, by one-year age group, of age-specific fertility rates 15-49 years. The total number of confinements provided that the fertility rates in the given period hold and no deaths occur.

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