Statistics Norway

Births

5 Total fertility rate1, by county. 1968-2008
  Total fertility rate
  Annual average 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Changes 2008-2007
  1968-1969 1971-1975 1976-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000 2001-2005
The whole country 2,72 2,24 1,77 1,68 1,82 1,88 1,85 1,80       1,83       1,84       1,90       1,90       1,96       0,06
01 Østfold 2.52 2.13 1.68 1.54 1.66 1.72 1.72 1.71 1.73 1.71 1.86 1.81 1.85 0.04
02 Akershus 2.59 2.06 1.61 1.54 1.78 1.82 1.80 1.82 1.88 1.84 1.95 1.97 1.97 0.00
03 Oslo 2.00 1.67 1.43 1.38 1.63 1.71 1.69 1.70 1.76 1.78 1.84 1.82 1.86 0.04
04 Hedmark 2.57 2.08 1.57 1.52 1.65 1.75 1.71 1.69 1.72 1.67 1.80 1.74 1.85 0.11
05 Oppland 2.65 2.19 1.62 1.53 1.65 1.72 1.72 1.70 1.65 1.72 1.79 1.73 1.90 0.17
06 Buskerud 2.49 2.11 1.63 1.59 1.72 1.74 1.74 1.74 1.81 1.77 1.84 1.83 1.96 0.13
07 Vestfold 2.56 2.13 1.67 1.57 1.76 1.78 1.75 1.70 1.71 1.78 1.83 1.80 1.88 0.08
08 Telemark 2.59 2.18 1.73 1.66 1.78 1.77 1.73 1.69 1.70 1.68 1.73 1.77 1.85 0.07
09 Aust-Agder 2.85 2.47 2.00 1.86 1.87 1.89 1.90 1.73 1.81 1.80 1.94 1.95 1.93 -0.02
10 Vest-Agder 2.96 2.52 2.10 1.92 1.98 2.02 1.96 1.84 1.85 1.84 2.04 1.99 2.08 0.09
11 Rogaland 3.11 2.54 2.13 1.98 2.07 2.13 2.08 1.97 1.99 2.01 2.14 2.08 2.15 0.07
12 Hordaland 2.94 2.43 1.92 1.83 1.98 2.02 1.97 1.90 1.93 1.93 1.94 1.96 2.01 0.05
14 Sogn og Fjordane 3.24 2.69 2.12 1.97 2.04 2.11 2.11 2.03 2.04 2.07 2.03 2.09 2.13 0.04
15 Møre og Romsdal 3.16 2.48 1.95 1.88 1.95 1.97 2.00 1.95 2.02 1.95 1.87 2.01 2.02 0.01
16 Sør-Trøndelag 2.83 2.37 1.78 1.67 1.82 1.90 1.87 1.80 1.81 1.84 1.91 1.90 2.00 0.10
17 Nord-Trøndelag 3.09 2.51 1.93 1.83 1.94 2.00 2.03 1.96 1.94 1.99 2.07 2.01 2.07 0.06
18 Nordland 3.13 2.45 1.93 1.80 1.90 1.97 1.93 1.83 1.83 1.86 1.83 1.97 1.97 0.00
19 Troms Romsa 3.29 2.54 1.85 1.77 1.87 2.00 1.90 1.77 1.78 1.86 1.96 1.99 2.00 0.01
20 Finnmark Finnmárku 3.40 2.73 1.86 1.80 1.93 2.06 2.05 1.86 1.81 1.87 1.99 1.91 2.05 0.14
1  Sum, by one-year age group, of age-specific fertility rates 15-49 years. The total number of confinements provided that the fertility rates in the given period hold and no deaths occur.

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