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Births
The statistics include livebirths and stillbirths where mother or father is resident in Norway at birth.
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2014 2023 2024 Total 59 084 51 980 54 013 Boys 30 370 26 564 27 884 Girls 28 714 25 416 26 129 Total fertility rate Women 1.76 1.40 1.44 Age at first birth Mother 28.7 30.3 30.4 Father 31.3 32.3 32.3 Cohabitation status of mother Married 25 495 19 162 20 691 Cohabitation 26 140 27 551 28 435 Single 7 449 5 267 4 887 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Single and multiple birthsDownload table as ...Single and multiple births
Births, total Single births Twin births Triple births and over Multiple births per 1000 births 1960 62 029 61 313 708 8 11.5 1961 62 632 61 891 734 7 11.8 1962 62 418 61 730 682 6 11.0 1963 63 409 62 733 666 10 10.7 1964 65 624 64 887 730 7 11.2 1965 66 296 65 597 689 10 10.5 1966 67 184 66 502 675 7 10.2 1967 66 853 66 195 655 3 9.8 1968 67 441 66 786 645 10 9.7 1969 67 777 67 059 710 8 10.6 1970 64 604 63 968 630 6 9.8 1971 65 540 64 913 621 6 9.6 1972 64 310 63 745 560 5 8.8 1973 61 188 60 597 587 4 9.7 1974 59 583 59 044 534 5 9.0 1975 56 259 55 718 538 3 9.6 1976 53 351 52 832 515 4 9.7 1977 50 787 50 312 468 7 9.4 1978 51 542 50 990 551 1 10.7 1979 51 487 51 017 465 5 9.1 1980 50 921 50 444 473 4 9.4 1981 50 523 50 047 468 8 9.4 1982 51 044 50 528 507 9 10.1 1983 49 766 49 295 468 3 9.5 1984 50 041 49 559 472 10 9.6 1985 50 835 50 267 559 9 11.2 1986 52 241 51 709 524 8 10.2 1987 53 650 53 051 586 13 11.2 1988 57 133 56 489 625 19 11.3 1989 58 866 58 157 690 19 12.0 1990 60 425 59 655 747 23 12.7 1991 60 290 59 510 748 32 12.9 1992 59 541 58 734 790 17 13.6 1993 59 075 58 246 808 21 14.0 1994 59 454 58 575 847 32 14.8 1995 59 585 58 659 910 16 15.5 1996 60 263 59 350 886 27 15.2 1997 59 041 58 081 931 29 16.3 1998 57 644 56 716 903 25 16.1 1999 58 463 57 410 1 031 22 18.0 2000 58 393 57 344 1 033 16 18.0 2001 55 882 54 847 1 016 19 18.5 2002 54 557 53 498 1 044 15 19.4 2003 55 587 54 521 1 048 18 19.2 2004 56 087 55 030 1 042 15 18.8 2005 55 875 54 833 1 022 20 18.6 2006 57 713 56 690 1 013 10 17.7 2007 57 655 56 621 1 023 11 17.9 2008 59 655 58 608 1 032 15 17.6 2009 60 931 59 857 1 057 17 18.0 2010 60 608 59 606 980 22 16.5 2011 59 417 58 430 973 14 16.6 2012 59 403 58 385 1 000 18 17.1 2013 58 174 57 203 954 17 16.7 2014 58 344 57 411 919 14 16.0 2015 58 240 57 272 956 12 16.6 2016 58 147 57 225 918 4 15.9 2017 55 868 54 977 878 13 15.9 2018 54 432 53 612 804 16 15.1 2019 53 788 52 969 808 11 15.2 2020 52 397 51 692 696 9 13.5 2021 55 402 54 628 770 4 14.0 2022 50 858 50 142 708 8 14.1 2023 51 392 50 683 704 5 13.8 2024 53 369 52 619 741 9 14.1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Number of children distributed, by age and cohort¹ ². Per centDownload table as ...Number of children distributed, by age and cohort¹ ². Per cent
Sex/Cohort of births Cohort of births Average number of children 0 1 2 3 4 children or more Age of woman 20 years 1935 82.6 14.9 2.4 0.1 0.0 0.20 1940 79.6 16.9 3.2 0.3 0.0 0.24 1945 78.4 17.2 4.1 0.3 0.0 0.26 1950 76.7 19.0 4.0 0.3 0.0 0.28 1955 77.4 19.7 2.8 0.1 0.0 0.26 1960 84.2 14.2 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.18 1965 88.5 10.3 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.13 1970 89.7 9.3 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.11 1975 91.5 7.6 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.09 1980 92.3 6.9 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.09 1985 93.8 5.6 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.07 1990 94.1 5.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.07 1995 96.3 3.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.04 2000 98.2 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.02 2004 98.9 1.02 0.08 0 0.0 0.01 Age of woman 25 years 1935 36.9 31.2 24.2 6.4 1.3 1.04 1940 34.8 28.5 26.4 8.1 2.2 1.14 1945 33.3 29.4 27.3 8.2 1.8 1.16 1950 34.4 32.0 27.4 5.4 0.7 1.06 1955 43.2 30.6 22.7 3.2 0.4 0.87 1960 52.6 27.5 17.1 2.5 0.3 0.71 1965 56.8 26.6 13.9 2.3 0.3 0.63 1970 61.9 24.1 11.8 1.9 0.3 0.55 1975 68.0 20.7 9.3 1.7 0.3 0.46 1980 71.5 18.9 7.9 1.4 0.3 0.40 1985 71.7 19.0 7.7 1.3 0.3 0.39 1990 76.4 15.8 6.7 1.0 0.2 0.33 1995 83.5 11.2 4.5 0.7 0.1 0.23 1999 88.5 8.0 2.9 0.5 0.1 0.16 Age of woman 30 years 1935 16.9 18.5 35.5 20.2 8.9 1.86 1940 15.8 16.8 36.0 22.0 9.3 1.92 1945 15.2 18.4 41.3 19.1 5.9 1.82 1950 16.9 21.1 44.8 14.3 2.9 1.65 1955 22.4 23.9 39.4 12.1 2.3 1.48 1960 26.2 25.1 34.8 11.7 2.3 1.39 1965 29.4 25.7 32.1 10.6 2.1 1.31 1970 33.8 26.2 29.1 9.0 1.9 1.19 1975 39.2 26.3 25.6 7.2 1.7 1.06 1980 41.1 27.3 23.5 6.5 1.6 1.01 1985 43.4 26.1 23.0 6.0 1.5 0.97 1990 49.9 23.8 20.3 4.9 1.1 0.84 1994 56.3 21.4 17.6 4.0 0.7 0.71 Age of woman 35 years 1935 11.2 11.9 32.0 26.8 18.1 2.29 1940 11.0 11.3 34.2 28.0 15.4 2.26 1945 10.6 12.8 42.2 25.2 9.1 2.09 1950 11.6 15.0 45.8 21.5 6.0 1.95 1955 14.5 16.6 42.6 21.0 5.4 1.86 1960 15.9 16.7 39.3 22.0 6.1 1.87 1965 17.3 17.5 39.0 20.5 5.6 1.82 1970 19.6 18.8 38.7 18.3 4.8 1.72 1975 21.6 19.5 37.9 16.6 4.5 1.65 1980 22.8 20.9 37.4 14.9 4.0 1.58 1985 24.7 20.9 37.6 13.2 3.6 1.51 1989 28.4 20.6 35.6 12.5 3.0 1.42 Age of woman 40 years 1935 9.8 10.5 30.4 27.4 21.8 2.41 1940 9.7 10.1 33.9 29.0 17.3 2.34 1945 9.2 11.9 41.6 26.3 11.0 2.18 1950 9.7 13.5 45.4 23.3 8.0 2.06 1955 11.7 14.6 42.1 23.9 7.7 2.01 1960 12.6 14.2 39.2 25.3 8.8 2.07 1965 13.3 14.4 40.0 24.3 7.9 2.02 1970 14.3 15.2 40.9 22.6 7.2 1.96 1975 15.3 15.7 41.1 21.3 6.5 1.91 1980 16.5 17.2 41.2 19.4 5.8 1.83 1984 17.74 17.4 41.5 17.9 5.43 1.78 Age of woman 45 years 1935 9.6 10.4 30.4 27.4 22.2 2.42 1940 9.5 10.1 33.7 29.1 17.6 2.35 1945 9.0 11.8 41.5 26.4 11.3 2.19 1950 9.4 13.3 45.4 23.5 8.4 2.08 1955 11.2 14.3 42.1 24.2 8.1 2.04 1960 11.9 13.8 39.4 25.6 9.2 2.10 1965 12.5 14.2 40.2 24.7 8.4 2.06 1970 13.4 14.7 41.2 23.1 7.6 2.00 1975 14.2 15.3 41.7 21.8 7.0 1.96 1979 15.4 16.4 41.6 20.1 6.5 1.89 Age of man 20 years 1940 95.3 4.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.05 1945 94.1 5.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.07 1950 93.5 5.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.07 1955 94.0 5.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.06 1960 96.9 3.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.03 1965 97.6 2.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.03 1970 97.6 2.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.03 1975 98.2 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.02 1980 98.2 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.02 1985 98.7 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.01 1990 98.5 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.02 1995 99.0 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.01 2000 99.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2004 99.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 Age of man 25 years 1940 60.2 23.8 12.7 2.9 0.4 0.60 1945 55.5 26.3 14.7 3.1 0.4 0.67 1950 57.7 27.2 13.2 1.7 0.2 0.59 1955 66.7 23.1 9.4 0.7 0.1 0.44 1960 75.9 17.6 6.0 0.5 0.1 0.31 1965 78.4 16.2 4.8 0.6 0.1 0.28 1970 81.3 14.1 4.1 0.5 0.0 0.24 1975 85.5 11.0 3.1 0.3 0.1 0.18 1980 87.3 9.9 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.16 1985 87.0 9.9 2.6 0.3 0.1 0.16 1990 89.1 8.4 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.14 1995 92.7 5.7 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.09 1999 94.8 4.2 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.06 Age of man 30 years 1940 28.5 21.1 32.3 13.8 4.3 1.45 1945 27.0 22.9 35.5 11.9 2.7 1.41 1950 31.2 24.9 34.6 8.1 1.2 1.23 1955 39.0 25.6 28.3 6.1 1.0 1.05 1960 46.2 24.8 22.4 5.6 1.0 0.91 1965 51.0 23.5 20.0 4.7 0.8 0.81 1970 55.3 22.9 17.0 4.0 0.8 0.72 1975 60.6 21.9 14.2 2.9 0.5 0.61 1980 61.6 21.5 13.6 2.8 0.6 0.60 1985 63.6 20.4 12.9 2.6 0.6 0.56 1990 68.0 18.3 11.4 2.1 0.3 0.49 1994 73.5 15.4 9.2 1.7 0.2 0.40 Age of man 35 years 1940 18.2 12.8 36.7 22.8 9.6 1.96 1945 18.0 14.9 41.8 19.8 5.5 1.81 1950 20.5 17.0 41.7 16.5 4.3 1.68 1955 24.7 18.4 37.2 15.9 3.8 1.57 1960 29.9 18.6 32.3 15.3 3.9 1.46 1965 33.2 19.4 30.8 13.4 3.2 1.35 1970 35.7 20.4 28.78 11.1 2.8 1.26 1975 38.4 20.7 28.6 10.0 2.2 1.18 1980 40.3 20.4 27.7 9.2 2.3 1.14 1985 42.0 20.4 27.5 8.3 1.9 1.08 1989 45.3 19.8 25.9 7.6 1.4 1.00 Age of man 40 years 1940 14.9 10.4 36.2 26.0 12.4 2.15 1945 14.9 12.4 41.1 23.3 8.3 2.01 1950 16.3 13.9 41.4 21.1 7.4 1.92 1955 19.2 14.7 37.4 21.4 7.4 1.86 1960 23.3 14.7 33.5 21.2 7.3 1.77 1965 25.7 15.5 33.7 19.1 6.0 1.66 1970 26.5 16.3 34.6 17.3 5.4 1.61 1975 28.8 16.4 34.1 16.3 4.4 1.53 1980 30.6 16.8 33.7 14.7 4.3 1.47 1984 32.1 16.4 34.7 13.2 3.6 1.41 Age of man 45 years 1940 13.9 10.0 35.8 26.4 13.9 2.22 1945 13.3 11.5 40.4 24.3 10.5 2.09 1950 14.8 12.6 41.0 22.3 9.3 2.02 1955 17.2 13.5 37.1 23.1 9.2 1.98 1960 20.7 13.4 34.1 22.7 9.1 1.90 1965 22.9 14.3 34.1 20.8 7.9 1.80 1970 23.4 14.8 35.4 19.4 7.0 1.75 1975 25.5 15.0 35.7 18.0 5.8 1.66 1979 27.1 15.1 35.9 16.5 5.4 1.60 Age of man 50 years 1940 13.6 9.8 35.7 26.5 14.4 2.25 1945 13.3 11.5 40.4 24.3 10.5 2.12 1950 14.4 12.3 40.7 22.6 10.0 2.06 1955 16.6 13.2 37.1 23.3 9.9 2.01 1960 19.9 13.0 34.2 23.0 9.9 1.95 1965 22.0 13.9 34.2 21.2 8.7 1.84 1970 22.4 14.5 35.5 19.8 7.7 1.80 1974 23.6 14.6 36.0 18.9 6.9 1.74 1For the cohorts 1935 to 1950 - women residenting in Norway per 31.12. 1998. For the cohort 1955 - women residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2001. For the cohort 1960 - women residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2005. For the cohort 1965 - women residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2010. For the cohort 1970 women residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2015.For the cohort 1975 women residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2020. For the kohorts 1979 to 2004 - women residenting in Norway per 31.12.2024. 2For the cohorts 1940 to 1950 - men residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2004. For the cohort 1955 - men residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2005. For the cohort 1960 - men residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2010. For the cohort 1965 - men residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2015. For the cohort 1970 men residenting in Norway per 31.12. 2020. For the cohorts 1974 to 2004 - men residenting in Norway per 31.12.2024. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...Source
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 22 June 2021.
Residents
Who is counted as a resident of Norway and where in Norway a person is counted as a resident is stipulated in the Population Registration Act of 16 January 1970. The regulations of the act were amended effective 1 February 1980.
Birth rates
Live births during a period divided by women of an age group, usually one-year and five-year age groups. The period is usually one year. For five-year periods the tables are published with the average for the five-year period, e.g., age-specific fertility rates are live births per 1 000 women of an age group.
Age at time of giving birth
Observed age at time of giving birth is the average age of the mother based on actual births during the period. Hypothetical age at time of giving birth is the average age of the mother/father, which is not affected by variations in the size of the cohorts.
The median age is the age in which half of the women were younger or equal to this age. Starting in 1999 information about the age of the father at the time of the child's birth was included for the first time.
Reproduction rate
Gross reproduction rate is the average number of girls born alive who under the prevailing fertility conditions are born to a woman who survives her entire reproductive period (15 to 44 years). This reproduction rate does not take into consideration the fact that some women die before or during their reproductive period.
Net reproduction rate corresponds to gross reproduction rate, but also takes current mortality factors into consideration.
Overall fertility rate
Average number of babies born alive per woman in the course of her life, under the provision that the fertility pattern in the period applies to the woman's entire reproductive period (15-49 years) and that deaths do not occur. The birth rate is determined by the number of women of reproductive age and their fertility.
Age
Age is usually the mother's age in years at the time of the birth of the child. Mother's age at the end of the year is used in the table that shows the average number of live births per woman within selected ages, for cohorts of women from 1850 to 1975.
Stillbirths
Fetuses born without signs of life after least 28 weeks gestation.
Live births
A live birth is defined as a fetus that shows signs of life at birth.
Marital status (applies to the variable, marital status of mother/father)
After the Act on Registered Partnerships for Same Sex Couples became law on 1 August 1993, the following marital status divisions apply: Unmarried, married, widow/widower, divorced, separated, registered partner, separated partner, divorced partner and surviving partner. Before 1994 the five former divisions applied.
From 2001, cohabitating parents are included in the statistics. Earlier statistics have only had the official values; e.g. separated between in wedlock or not in wedlock. The new variable has three values: in wedlock, cohabitating parents and single parents. To fulfil the criteria for cohabitating parents the parents must have the same address at the date of birth or in the following three months after birth.
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Analyses, articles and publications
Article / 11 March 2021Decline in fertilityA total of 53 000 children were born in 2020, 1 500 fewer than 2019. This gives a total fertility rate (TRF) for women of 1.48.