Norway birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in Norway chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in Norway was 1.4 in 2023 and has been below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman since 1975. In 1993, the fertility rate was 1.86 — a -24.7% decline in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	World
1960	2.85	4.69
1961	2.94	4.56
1962	2.91	5.02
1963	2.93	5.31
1964	2.98	5.13
1965	2.94	5.08
1966	2.9	4.97
1967	2.81	4.87
1968	2.75	4.98
1969	2.7	4.88
1970	2.5	4.84
1971	2.49	4.69
1972	2.38	4.55
1973	2.23	4.42
1974	2.13	4.26
1975	1.98	4.07
1976	1.86	3.97
1977	1.75	3.84
1978	1.77	3.77
1979	1.75	3.76
1980	1.72	3.73
1981	1.7	3.71
1982	1.71	3.72
1983	1.66	3.59
1984	1.66	3.57
1985	1.68	3.53
1986	1.71	3.51
1987	1.74	3.48
1988	1.84	3.39
1989	1.89	3.35
1990	1.93	3.31
1991	1.92	3.13
1992	1.88	3.04
1993	1.86	2.97
1994	1.87	2.92
1995	1.87	2.87
1996	1.89	2.82
1997	1.86	2.78
1998	1.81	2.75
1999	1.85	2.72
2000	1.85	2.73
2001	1.78	2.69
2002	1.75	2.66
2003	1.8	2.64
2004	1.83	2.63
2005	1.84	2.61
2006	1.9	2.61
2007	1.9	2.6
2008	1.96	2.6
2009	1.98	2.59
2010	1.95	2.57
2011	1.88	2.55
2012	1.85	2.56
2013	1.78	2.53
2014	1.75	2.52
2015	1.72	2.49
2016	1.71	2.49
2017	1.62	2.46
2018	1.56	2.39
2019	1.53	2.35
2020	1.48	2.28
2021	1.55	2.25
2022	1.41	2.22
2023	1.4	2.2
2024	1.41	2.19
2025	1.41	2.18
2026	1.41	2.18
2027	1.42	2.17
2028	1.42	2.16
2029	1.43	2.15
2030	1.43	2.14
2031	1.43	2.13
2032	1.44	2.12
2033	1.44	2.12
2034	1.45	2.11
2035	1.45	2.1
2036	1.45	2.09
2037	1.46	2.09
2038	1.46	2.08
2039	1.46	2.08
2040	1.47	2.08
2041	1.47	2.07
2042	1.47	2.07
2043	1.48	2.07
2044	1.48	2.07
2045	1.48	2.06
2046	1.48	2.06
2047	1.48	2.06
2048	1.49	2.05
2049	1.49	2.05
2050	1.49	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 0.37% were to women under 20 years old, 35% to women ages 20-29, and 64.6% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 4.49%, 62.1%, and 33.4% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in Norway by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	Norway	World
1960	25.9%	37.4%
1961	25.6%	37.5%
1962	25.2%	37.6%
1963	25%	37.8%
1964	24.8%	38%
1965	24.8%	38%
1966	24.7%	38%
1967	24.7%	38%
1968	24.6%	37.9%
1969	24.5%	37.8%
1970	24.5%	37.7%
1971	24.4%	37.6%
1972	24.3%	37.5%
1973	24.2%	37.3%
1974	24%	37.2%
1975	23.8%	37.1%
1976	23.5%	36.9%
1977	23.3%	36.7%
1978	22.9%	36.3%
1979	22.6%	35.9%
1980	22.2%	35.5%
1981	21.8%	35.2%
1982	21.3%	34.9%
1983	20.9%	34.6%
1984	20.4%	34.3%
1985	20%	34%
1986	19.6%	33.8%
1987	19.3%	33.6%
1988	19.1%	33.4%
1989	19%	33.2%
1990	18.9%	33%
1991	19%	32.9%
1992	19.1%	32.7%
1993	19.3%	32.5%
1994	19.4%	32.3%
1995	19.5%	32.1%
1996	19.6%	31.8%
1997	19.7%	31.5%
1998	19.8%	31.1%
1999	19.9%	30.8%
2000	20%	30.4%
2001	20%	30%
2002	20%	29.6%
2003	19.9%	29.2%
2004	19.8%	28.8%
2005	19.6%	28.5%
2006	19.4%	28.1%
2007	19.3%	27.9%
2008	19.1%	27.6%
2009	18.9%	27.5%
2010	18.8%	27.3%
2011	18.6%	27.1%
2012	18.4%	27%
2013	18.3%	26.9%
2014	18.1%	26.8%
2015	18%	26.6%
2016	17.9%	26.5%
2017	17.8%	26.4%
2018	17.6%	26.2%
2019	17.4%	26%
2020	17.2%	25.8%
2021	17%	25.6%
2022	16.8%	25.3%
2023	16.5%	25%
2024	16.2%	24.7%
2025	15.9%	24.4%
2026	15.7%	24.1%
2027	15.4%	23.8%
2028	15.2%	23.4%
2029	15%	23.1%
2030	14.8%	22.8%
2031	14.7%	22.6%
2032	14.5%	22.3%
2033	14.4%	22.1%
2034	14.3%	21.9%
2035	14.2%	21.7%
2036	14.1%	21.6%
2037	14%	21.5%
2038	14%	21.4%
2039	14%	21.3%
2040	13.9%	21.2%
2041	13.9%	21.1%
2042	13.9%	21%
2043	13.9%	21%
2044	13.9%	20.9%
2045	13.9%	20.8%
2046	13.9%	20.7%
2047	13.9%	20.7%
2048	13.9%	20.6%
2049	13.9%	20.5%
2050	13.9%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Norway was 25.9% in 1960, 19.3% in 1993, and 16.2% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of Norway.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in Norway, excluding migration, has been +0.26% annually. On average, 13,869 more people were born each year than died.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Norway
1960	29,366
1961	29,239
1962	28,020
1963	26,766
1964	30,293
1965	31,275
1966	31,150
1967	30,276
1968	29,387
1969	28,858
1970	25,968
1971	26,541
1972	24,777
1973	21,387
1974	20,324
1975	16,430
1976	13,286
1977	11,321
1978	11,364
1979	10,181
1980	9,806
1981	9,020
1982	9,875
1983	7,844
1984	7,452
1985	6,644
1986	8,751
1987	9,212
1988	12,207
1989	13,949
1990	14,845
1991	16,194
1992	15,431
1993	12,936
1994	16,045
1995	14,821
1996	17,087
1997	15,418
1998	14,181
1999	14,278
2000	15,269
2001	13,090
2002	10,892
2003	14,151
2004	15,612
2005	15,719
2006	17,244
2007	16,482
2008	19,073
2009	20,280
2010	20,046
2011	18,822
2012	18,066
2013	17,779
2014	18,494
2015	18,160
2016	17,797
2017	15,831
2018	14,342
2019	13,904
2020	12,372
2021	14,062
2022	5,457
2023	8,280

Maternal mortality chart

The maternal mortality rate in Norway was 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.001% chance of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination. This is a -80% decrease compared to the year 2000.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Norway	World
1985	9	460
1986	9	438
1987	9	429
1988	9	414
1989	9	401
1990	9	391
1991	8	395
1992	8	395
1993	7	389
1994	7	382
1995	6	371
1996	6	366
1997	5	358
1998	5	360
1999	5	340
2000	5	328
2001	5	321
2002	5	311
2003	5	301
2004	6	291
2005	6	283
2006	5	276
2007	5	269
2008	5	264
2009	4	258
2010	4	253
2011	4	247
2012	3	239
2013	3	235
2014	2	231
2015	2	228
2016	2	220
2017	2	215
2018	2	211
2019	2	207
2020	2	211
2021	2	242
2022	3	203
2023	1	197

Under-five mortality rate chart

The under-5 mortality rate in Norway was 2.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.24% chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five. This is down from 4.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Norway	World
1960	2.26%	18.5%
1961	2.21%	18.1%
1962	2.15%	17.8%
1963	2.1%	17.5%
1964	2.04%	17.7%
1965	1.97%	17.5%
1966	1.9%	17.3%
1967	1.82%	17%
1968	1.75%	16.5%
1969	1.69%	15.5%
1970	1.62%	15.2%
1971	1.56%	15.1%
1972	1.5%	14.4%
1973	1.43%	14.1%
1974	1.36%	13.7%
1975	1.29%	13.4%
1976	1.22%	13%
1977	1.15%	12.5%
1978	1.09%	12.1%
1979	1.04%	11.7%
1980	1.01%	11.4%
1981	0.99%	11%
1982	0.99%	10.8%
1983	1%	10.6%
1984	1.01%	10.4%
1985	1.02%	10.1%
1986	1.02%	9.81%
1987	1.01%	9.47%
1988	0.98%	9.31%
1989	0.93%	9.02%
1990	0.87%	8.81%
1991	0.79%	8.66%
1992	0.72%	8.46%
1993	0.66%	8.19%
1994	0.61%	7.98%
1995	0.57%	7.76%
1996	0.54%	7.52%
1997	0.52%	7.28%
1998	0.51%	7.05%
1999	0.5%	6.76%
2000	0.49%	6.48%
2001	0.47%	6.21%
2002	0.46%	5.94%
2003	0.44%	5.65%
2004	0.42%	5.43%
2005	0.41%	5.16%
2006	0.39%	4.92%
2007	0.37%	4.7%
2008	0.36%	4.5%
2009	0.34%	4.31%
2010	0.33%	4.11%
2011	0.31%	3.97%
2012	0.3%	3.77%
2013	0.29%	3.61%
2014	0.28%	3.48%
2015	0.27%	3.35%
2016	0.26%	3.23%
2017	0.25%	3.11%
2018	0.25%	2.97%
2019	0.24%	2.86%
2020	0.24%	2.75%
2021	0.23%	2.66%
2022	0.23%	2.59%
2023	0.24%	2.49%