Statistics Norway

Births

3 Age-specific fertility rates and total fertility rate. 1961-2007
Annual average
Year		 Live births per 1 000 women. Age of women Total
fertility rate1		 Reproduction rate
15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 Gross2 Net3
1961-1965 37.9  178.0  177.3  112.7 58.1 18.7 1.3 2.942 1.411 1.370
1966-1970 43.7  175.1  164.6 98.5 48.7 14.1 1.0 2.732 1.320 1.291
1971-1975 44.0  151.8  140.6 73.7 31.3 7.6 0.4 2.243 1.094 1.074
1976-1980 29.9  115.5  120.7 62.4 22.1 4.4 0.2 1.771 0.860 0.845
1981-1985 20.5 99.4  122.6 67.2 22.3 3.9 0.2 1.680 0.816 0.804
1986-1990 17.8 93.2  136.9 85.2 27.3 4.4 0.2 1.824 0.888 0.875
1991-1995 15.2 82.6  137.7  100.2 37.2 5.6 0.2 1.879 0.911 0.901
1996-2000 12.4 70.6  130.9  107.8 43.5 6.9 0.2 1.851 0.906 0.898
2001-2005 9.3 59.9  123.3  113.2 47.0 7.8 0.3 1.800 0.878 0.868
                     
1986 18.2 93.2  129.4 74.4 22.2 4.1 0.2 1.710 0.828 0.816
1987 17.7 91.0  131.7 79.7 24.6 4.1 0.3 1.745 0.856 0.843
1988 18.2 94.3  138.6 85.1 27.7 4.6 0.2 1.841 0.897 0.885
1989 17.7 94.0  140.6 91.3 29.7 4.4 0.1 1.887 0.917 0.903
1990 17.1 93.4  144.0 95.2 32.3 4.7 0.3 1.932 0.940 0.927
1991 16.7 89.7  140.3 98.3 34.3 5.1 0.2 1.918 0.930 0.918
1992 16.0 85.7  137.5 98.3 35.2 5.3 0.2 1.885 0.907 0.897
1993 15.0 81.8  134.8 99.0 37.1 5.7 0.3 1.860 0.907 0.897
1994 14.4 77.9  135.7  101.6 39.1 5.8 0.2 1.865 0.905 0.894
1995 13.5 77.5  134.3  103.6 40.2 6.2 0.2 1.869 0.907 0.899
                     
1996 13.5 75.3  135.9  106.7 41.4 6.5 0.2 1.889 0.912 0.904
1997 12.7 72.6  131.6  106.3 42.8 6.9 0.2 1.857 0.902 0.894
1998 12.4 68.7  128.2  105.0 43.3 6.9 0.2 1.814 0.885 0.876
1999 11.7 68.3  129.3  110.3 44.2 7.0 0.2 1.845 0.914 0.905
2000 11.7 67.3  129.3  110.5 45.7 7.3 0.2 1.851 0.918 0.909
2001 11.0 62.7  123.6  107.9 45.6 7.0 0.3 1.784 0.869 0.861
2002 10.1 59.5  121.0  109.3 44.1 7.7 0.2 1.754 0.857 0.848
2003 9.1 58.9  123.6  113.2 47.5 7.7 0.3 1.797 0.873 0.863
2004 8.2 59.6  123.9  117.1 49.1 7.9 0.3 1.828 0.892 0.882
2005 8.0 58.6  124.4  118.6 48.6 8.6 0.4 1.836 0.895 0.887
                     
2006 8.7 60.3  127.2  122.8 51.9 8.9 0.4 1.904 0.928 0.919
2007 9.1 60.5  122.3  123.2 54.1 9.7 0.4 1.901 0.924 0.916
1  Total one-year age-specific fertility rates 15-49 years. The average number of live-born children born to a woman passing through the child-bearing period exposed at each age to the existing fertility but not exposed to mortality.
2  The average number of live-born daughters born to a woman passing through the whole childbearing period (15-44 years) according to the existing fertility rates.
3  The average number of live-born daughters born to a woman passing through the child-bearing period (15-44 years), exposed at each age to the existing fertility and mortality rates.

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