Fertility in Norway
This page gives information of type fertility about the country Norway.
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Data sources
Some data on this page comes from the Human Fertility Database (website www.humanfertility.org) (data downloaded March 11, 2014, last updated by HFD October 17, 2012). The data collected by the Human Fertility Database is based on government data collection by the government of Norway. You can download the data yourself here. Details about the modalities of data collection are available here. Where available, we use HFD data because of its higher reliability.
Period fertility
Further information: period fertility in Norway
| Year | Crude birth rate (CBR) (births per 1000 people) | CBR minus previous year's CBR | Total fertility rate (TFR) (sum of all age-specific fertility rates) ballpark for replacement fertility is 2.1 | TFR minus previous year's TFR | TFR40 | TFR40 minus previous year's TFR40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 17.47 | 2.785 | 2.7 | |||
| 1968 | 17.65 | 0.18 | 2.753 | -0.032 | 2.675 | -0.025 |
| 1969 | 17.6 | -0.05 | 2.697 | -0.056 | 2.623 | -0.052 |
| 1970 | 16.66 | -0.94 | 2.506 | -0.191 | 2.449 | -0.174 |
| 1971 | 16.79 | 0.13 | 2.489 | -0.017 | 2.436 | -0.013 |
| 1972 | 16.34 | -0.45 | 2.384 | -0.105 | 2.337 | -0.099 |
| 1973 | 15.45 | -0.89 | 2.23 | -0.154 | 2.191 | -0.146 |
| 1974 | 14.96 | -0.49 | 2.131 | -0.099 | 2.095 | -0.096 |
| 1975 | 14.06 | -0.9 | 1.983 | -0.148 | 1.954 | -0.141 |
| 1976 | 13.29 | -0.77 | 1.863 | -0.12 | 1.837 | -0.117 |
| 1977 | 12.59 | -0.7 | 1.754 | -0.109 | 1.731 | -0.106 |
| 1978 | 12.76 | 0.17 | 1.769 | 0.015 | 1.746 | 0.015 |
| 1979 | 12.67 | -0.09 | 1.751 | -0.018 | 1.73 | -0.016 |
| 1980 | 12.5 | -0.17 | 1.723 | -0.028 | 1.702 | -0.028 |
| 1981 | 12.38 | -0.12 | 1.701 | -0.022 | 1.681 | -0.021 |
| 1982 | 12.46 | 0.08 | 1.709 | 0.008 | 1.689 | 0.008 |
| 1983 | 12.11 | -0.35 | 1.656 | -0.053 | 1.637 | -0.052 |
| 1984 | 12.15 | 0.04 | 1.659 | 0.003 | 1.638 | 0.001 |
| 1985 | 12.32 | 0.17 | 1.677 | 0.018 | 1.657 | 0.019 |
| 1986 | 12.61 | 0.29 | 1.711 | 0.034 | 1.691 | 0.034 |
| 1987 | 12.91 | 0.3 | 1.745 | 0.034 | 1.725 | 0.034 |
| 1988 | 13.67 | 0.76 | 1.841 | 0.096 | 1.818 | 0.093 |
| 1989 | 14.04 | 0.37 | 1.887 | 0.046 | 1.865 | 0.047 |
| 1990 | 14.37 | 0.33 | 1.932 | 0.045 | 1.907 | 0.042 |
| 1991 | 14.27 | -0.1 | 1.918 | -0.014 | 1.891 | -0.016 |
| 1992 | 14.02 | -0.25 | 1.885 | -0.033 | 1.857 | -0.034 |
| 1993 | 13.84 | -0.18 | 1.86 | -0.025 | 1.831 | -0.026 |
| 1994 | 13.86 | 0.02 | 1.865 | 0.005 | 1.836 | 0.005 |
| 1995 | 13.83 | -0.03 | 1.868 | 0.003 | 1.837 | 0.001 |
| 1996 | 13.9 | 0.07 | 1.889 | 0.021 | 1.855 | 0.018 |
| 1997 | 13.57 | -0.33 | 1.856 | -0.033 | 1.821 | -0.034 |
| 1998 | 13.17 | -0.4 | 1.813 | -0.043 | 1.778 | -0.043 |
| 1999 | 13.29 | 0.12 | 1.844 | 0.031 | 1.808 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 13.19 | -0.1 | 1.851 | 0.007 | 1.813 | 0.005 |
| 2001 | 12.56 | -0.63 | 1.784 | -0.067 | 1.747 | -0.066 |
| 2002 | 12.21 | -0.35 | 1.754 | -0.03 | 1.714 | -0.033 |
| 2003 | 12.37 | 0.16 | 1.796 | 0.042 | 1.757 | 0.043 |
| 2004 | 12.4 | 0.03 | 1.828 | 0.032 | 1.787 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 12.27 | -0.13 | 1.836 | 0.008 | 1.792 | 0.005 |
| 2006 | 12.56 | 0.29 | 1.904 | 0.068 | 1.858 | 0.066 |
| 2007 | 12.41 | -0.15 | 1.901 | -0.003 | 1.851 | -0.007 |
| 2008 | 12.69 | 0.28 | 1.957 | 0.056 | 1.906 | 0.055 |
| 2009 | 12.8 | 0.11 | 1.98 | 0.023 | 1.927 | 0.021 |
| Maximum | 17.65 | 0.76 | 2.785 | 0.096 | 2.7 | 0.093 |
| Minimum | 12.11 | -0.94 | 1.656 | -0.191 | 1.637 | -0.174 |
| Average (arithmetic mean) | 13.6981395349 | -0.1111904762 | 1.9470930233 | -0.0191666667 | 1.9111627907 | -0.0184047619 |
| Geometric mean | 13.6143614731 | 1.9281370922 | 1.8935403759 | |||
| Median | 13.19 | -0.07 | 1.86 | -0.0085 | 1.831 | -0.01 |
| Standard deviation | 1.5993618606 | 0.3807963567 | 0.2949399304 | 0.0628183276 | 0.2811980263 | 0.059860431 |
| Slope for best linear fit (using linear regression) | -0.0813470251 | 0.0100129649 | -0.0127245545 | 0.003034195 | -0.0125620658 | 0.0028037436 |
| Multiplier for best logarithmic fit (using linear regression on logarithm) | 0.994500651 | 0.9943717804 | 0.9942787366 | |||
| for linear regression | 0.4078775157 | 0.3225805364 | 0.293466081 | 0.5925504917 | 0.3146570599 | 0.5746014384 |
Completed fertility
Further information: completed fertility in Norway
| Cohort | Completed cohort fertility (CCF) | CCF minus previous year's CCF | CCF40 | CCF40 minus previous year's CCF40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 2.062 | 2.032 | ||
| 1953 | 2.041 | -0.021 | 2.01 | -0.022 |
| 1954 | 2.048 | 0.007 | 2.012 | 0.002 |
| 1955 | 2.051 | 0.003 | 2.019 | 0.007 |
| 1956 | 2.054 | 0.003 | 2.019 | 0 |
| 1957 | 2.062 | 0.008 | 2.025 | 0.006 |
| 1958 | 2.07 | 0.008 | 2.032 | 0.007 |
| 1959 | 2.08 | 0.01 | 2.043 | 0.011 |
| 1960 | unavailable | 2.052 | 0.009 | |
| 1961 | unavailable | 2.049 | -0.003 | |
| 1962 | unavailable | 2.051 | 0.002 | |
| 1963 | unavailable | 2.039 | -0.012 | |
| 1964 | unavailable | 2.034 | -0.005 | |
| 1965 | unavailable | 2.025 | -0.009 | |
| 1966 | unavailable | 2.024 | -0.001 | |
| 1967 | unavailable | 2.016 | -0.008 | |
| 1968 | unavailable | 2.023 | 0.007 | |
| 1969 | unavailable | 2.008 | -0.015 |
Other fertility data
- Age distribution of mothers at birth in Norway provides information on the mean age at birth, standard deviation in age at birth, and cohort mean age at birth, all broken down by birth order.
- Tempo-adjusted total fertility rate in Norway provides information on the tempo-adjusted total fertility rate computed via the Bongaarts-Feeney formula.