Table 8 Total fertility rate, by county. 1968-2004

8	Total fertility rate¹, by county. 1968-2004

	Total fertility rate

	Annual average							2002	2003	2004	Changes 2003-2004
	1968-1969	1971-1975	1976-1980	1981-1985	1986-1990	1991-1995	1996-2000	2002	2003	2004	Changes 2003-2004

The whole country	2.72	2.24	1.77	1.68	1.82	1.88	1.85	1.75	1.80	1.83	0.03
01 Østfold	2.52	2.13	1.68	1.54	1.66	1.72	1.72	1.72	1.70	1.73	0.03
02 Akershus	2.59	2.06	1.61	1.54	1.78	1.82	1.80	1.78	1.87	1.88	0.01
03 Oslo	2.00	1.67	1.43	1.38	1.63	1.71	1.69	1.62	1.70	1.76	0.06
04 Hedmark	2.57	2.08	1.57	1.52	1.65	1.75	1.71	1.64	1.75	1.72	-0.03
05 Oppland	2.65	2.19	1.62	1.53	1.65	1.72	1.72	1.70	1.73	1.65	-0.08
06 Buskerud	2.49	2.11	1.63	1.59	1.72	1.74	1.74	1.66	1.73	1.81	0.08
07 Vestfold	2.56	2.13	1.67	1.57	1.76	1.78	1.75	1.60	1.69	1.71	0.02
08 Telemark	2.59	2.18	1.73	1.66	1.78	1.77	1.73	1.63	1.70	1.70	0.00
09 Aust-Agder	2.85	2.47	2.00	1.86	1.87	1.89	1.90	1.64	1.64	1.81	0.17
10 Vest-Agder	2.96	2.52	2.10	1.92	1.98	2.02	1.96	1.85	1.78	1.85	0.07
11 Rogaland	3.11	2.54	2.13	1.98	2.07	2.13	2.08	1.92	1.99	1.99	0.00
12 Hordaland	2.94	2.43	1.92	1.83	1.98	2.02	1.97	1.86	1.85	1.93	0.08
14 Sogn og Fjordane	3.24	2.69	2.12	1.97	2.04	2.11	2.11	1.97	2.08	2.04	-0.04
15 Møre og Romsdal	3.16	2.48	1.95	1.88	1.95	1.97	2.00	1.86	1.96	2.02	0.06
16 Sør-Trøndelag	2.83	2.37	1.78	1.67	1.82	1.90	1.87	1.77	1.76	1.81	0.05
17 Nord-Trøndelag	3.09	2.51	1.93	1.83	1.94	2.00	2.03	1.91	1.97	1.94	-0.03
18 Nordland	3.13	2.45	1.93	1.80	1.90	1.97	1.93	1.78	1.84	1.83	-0.01
19 Troms	3.29	2.54	1.85	1.77	1.87	2.00	1.90	1.75	1.70	1.78	0.08
20 Finnmark Finnmárku	3.40	2.73	1.86	1.80	1.93	2.06	2.05	1.94	1.81	1.81	0.00

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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