Fertility in Norway, 2010

Norway
2010
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Norway was 1.94 children per woman in 2010 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 60,651 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
60,651
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
4,889,162
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%3
15-198.42.2%1,312
20-2458.315.0%8,816
25-29124.732.2%18,764
30-34127.432.9%19,789
35-3957.214.8%9,949
40-4410.82.8%1,934
45-490.50.1%81
50-540.00.0%2