Fertility in Norway, 2026

Norway
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Norway is projected at 1.42 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.8 years old. In total, 53,084 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.42
Births
53,084
Births per 1,000 people
9.4
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
5,652,989
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%1
15-191.10.4%187
20-2419.26.7%3,288
25-2984.129.6%15,037
30-34109.238.4%20,884
35-3956.920.0%11,180
40-4412.74.5%2,304
45-491.10.4%196
50-540.00.0%2