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3.16 Total fertility rate and age-specific fertility rates for 5-year periods

Period	Live births per 1 000 women. Age1. Years							Total fertility rate2
1846-1850	6.9	96.6	199.2	227.5	202.4	128.6	28.6	4.449
1851-1855	7.1	99.5	205.2	234.3	208.6	132.3	29.5	4.582
1856-1860	7.2	100.5	207.2	236.6	210.7	133.6	29.7	4.627
1861-1865	7.1	98.9	203.9	233.0	207.3	131.5	29.3	4.555
1866-1870	6.9	96.7	199.3	227.7	202.5	128.6	28.7	4.451
1871-1875	7.0	98.1	202.3	231.1	205.6	130.5	29.1	4.519
1876-1880	7.4	102.3	210.6	239.5	213.8	134.3	29.7	4.688
1881-1885	7.5	100.6	206.6	233.2	209.2	129.2	28.2	4.572
1886-1890	7.6	99.5	203.8	228.4	206.0	125.0	27.0	4.487
1891-1895	8.8	103.6	203.7	224.4	200.4	120.2	25.4	4.432
1896-1900	10.9	113.4	207.4	222.7	194.0	115.7	23.9	4.440
1901-1905	11.4	109.2	195.7	207.1	180.9	108.4	19.8	4.163
1906-1910	11.1	103.2	187.1	193.0	167.7	97.9	17.2	3.886
1911-1915	10.7	100.7	178.5	180.5	153.1	88.0	15.3	3.634
1916-1920	10.6	103.3	169.6	170.4	139.8	79.9	14.2	3.439
1921-1925	10.4	93.3	152.9	148.7	120.2	66.6	10.4	3.013
1926-1930	8.2	73.4	120.1	117.5	92.0	50.1	7.7	2.345
1931-1935	7.6	64.6	103.5	96.2	69.8	36.0	5.8	1.918
1936-1940	8.2	67.9	107.8	96.2	62.7	28.2	3.9	1.874
1941-1945	11.4	83.8	127.2	113.0	75.4	29.8	3.4	2.220
1946-1950	15.2	101.1	145.5	130.6	88.3	35.7	3.6	2.600
1951-1955	22.2	130.7	154.9	117.2	71.7	28.2	2.8	2.639
1956-1960	28.5	160.1	173.9	120.6	68.0	24.5	2.3	2.890
1961-1965	28.6	170.4	182.1	119.5	63.6	22.0	2.0	2.942
1966-1970	32.3	167.7	170.2	104.4	53.1	17.1	1.5	2.732
1971-1975	33.5	145.9	145.2	79.4	34.6	9.3	0.7	2.243
1976-1980	22.6	109.3	125.0	67.2	24.5	5.4	0.4	1.771
1981-1985	15.3	92.1	125.0	73.6	25.0	4.6	0.3	1.680
1986-1990	12.7	85.6	137.1	92.3	31.4	5.3	0.3	1.824
1961-1965	37.9	178.0	177.3	112.7	58.1	18.7	1.3	2.942
1966-1970	43.7	175.1	164.6	98.5	48.7	14.1	1.0	2.732
1971-1975	44.0	151.8	140.6	73.7	31.3	7.6	0.4	2.243
1976-1980	29.9	115.5	120.7	62.4	22.1	4.4	0.2	1.771
1981-1985	20.5	99.4	122.6	67.2	22.3	3.9	0.2	1.680
1986-1990	17.8	93.2	136.9	85.2	27.3	4.4	0.2	1.824
1991-1995	15.2	82.6	137.7	100.2	37.2	5.6	0.2	1.879
1996-2000	12.4	70.6	130.9	107.8	43.5	6.9	0.2	1.851
2001-2005	9.3	59.9	123.3	113.2	47.0	7.8	0.3	1.800
2008	9.3	62.0	127.0	125.6	56.1	9.8	0.4	1.957

1	From 1961 age of a woman at delivery, before 1961 age of a woman at end of the year.
2	Average number of live-born children born to a woman living through the child-bearing period, assuming that the existing fertility pattern will remain and that no deaths will occur.
Source: REP Cohort and Period Fertility in Norway 1820-1993, Population Statistics and http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/10/fodte_en/

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