Fertility & birth rates in Norway and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Norway vs Solomon Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Norway was 1.4 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.56 in the Solomon Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Norway vs the Solomon Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	Solomon Islands
1960	2.85	7.07
1961	2.94	7.05
1962	2.91	7.04
1963	2.93	7.03
1964	2.98	7.05
1965	2.94	7.02
1966	2.9	7
1967	2.81	6.97
1968	2.75	6.95
1969	2.7	6.97
1970	2.5	6.98
1971	2.49	6.99
1972	2.38	6.99
1973	2.23	7
1974	2.13	7.01
1975	1.98	6.99
1976	1.86	6.95
1977	1.75	6.92
1978	1.77	6.87
1979	1.75	6.82
1980	1.72	6.77
1981	1.7	6.71
1982	1.71	6.64
1983	1.66	6.57
1984	1.66	6.49
1985	1.68	6.38
1986	1.71	6.26
1987	1.74	6.12
1988	1.84	5.99
1989	1.89	5.87
1990	1.93	5.74
1991	1.92	5.62
1992	1.88	5.51
1993	1.86	5.45
1994	1.87	5.4
1995	1.87	5.34
1996	1.89	5.22
1997	1.86	5.09
1998	1.81	4.98
1999	1.85	4.86
2000	1.85	4.76
2001	1.78	4.67
2002	1.75	4.6
2003	1.8	4.54
2004	1.83	4.47
2005	1.84	4.41
2006	1.9	4.39
2007	1.9	4.37
2008	1.96	4.36
2009	1.98	4.35
2010	1.95	4.34
2011	1.88	4.34
2012	1.85	4.33
2013	1.78	4.33
2014	1.75	4.36
2015	1.72	4.29
2016	1.71	4.2
2017	1.62	4.06
2018	1.56	3.93
2019	1.53	3.8
2020	1.48	3.75
2021	1.55	3.69
2022	1.41	3.62
2023	1.4	3.56
2024	1.41	3.51
2025	1.41	3.47
2026	1.41	3.42
2027	1.42	3.37
2028	1.42	3.32
2029	1.43	3.28
2030	1.43	3.24
2031	1.43	3.2
2032	1.44	3.16
2033	1.44	3.12
2034	1.45	3.08
2035	1.45	3.04
2036	1.45	3
2037	1.46	2.97
2038	1.46	2.94
2039	1.46	2.91
2040	1.47	2.88
2041	1.47	2.84
2042	1.47	2.82
2043	1.48	2.79
2044	1.48	2.76
2045	1.48	2.73
2046	1.48	2.71
2047	1.48	2.68
2048	1.49	2.66
2049	1.49	2.63
2050	1.49	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Norway	Solomon Islands
1960	25.9%	46.3%
1961	25.6%	46.1%
1962	25.2%	46%
1963	25%	45.9%
1964	24.8%	45.8%
1965	24.8%	45.9%
1966	24.7%	46%
1967	24.7%	46.2%
1968	24.6%	46.4%
1969	24.5%	46.6%
1970	24.5%	46.7%
1971	24.4%	46.8%
1972	24.3%	46.9%
1973	24.2%	47.1%
1974	24%	47.5%
1975	23.8%	47.9%
1976	23.5%	48.2%
1977	23.3%	48.3%
1978	22.9%	48.3%
1979	22.6%	48.3%
1980	22.2%	48.3%
1981	21.8%	48.2%
1982	21.3%	48.1%
1983	20.9%	47.9%
1984	20.4%	47.8%
1985	20%	47.5%
1986	19.6%	47.3%
1987	19.3%	46.9%
1988	19.1%	46.6%
1989	19%	46.2%
1990	18.9%	45.8%
1991	19%	45.4%
1992	19.1%	45.1%
1993	19.3%	44.8%
1994	19.4%	44.5%
1995	19.5%	44.3%
1996	19.6%	44%
1997	19.7%	43.8%
1998	19.8%	43.5%
1999	19.9%	43.2%
2000	20%	42.9%
2001	20%	42.5%
2002	20%	42.2%
2003	19.9%	41.9%
2004	19.8%	41.7%
2005	19.6%	41.5%
2006	19.4%	41.3%
2007	19.3%	41.2%
2008	19.1%	41.2%
2009	18.9%	41.1%
2010	18.8%	41%
2011	18.6%	40.8%
2012	18.4%	40.7%
2013	18.3%	40.4%
2014	18.1%	40.2%
2015	18%	40%
2016	17.9%	39.7%
2017	17.8%	39.4%
2018	17.6%	39%
2019	17.4%	38.7%
2020	17.2%	38.4%
2021	17%	38.1%
2022	16.8%	37.7%
2023	16.5%	37.4%
2024	16.2%	37%
2025	15.9%	36.6%
2026	15.7%	36.1%
2027	15.4%	35.7%
2028	15.2%	35.2%
2029	15%	34.7%
2030	14.8%	34.3%
2031	14.7%	33.9%
2032	14.5%	33.5%
2033	14.4%	33.2%
2034	14.3%	32.9%
2035	14.2%	32.7%
2036	14.1%	32.4%
2037	14%	32.2%
2038	14%	31.9%
2039	14%	31.7%
2040	13.9%	31.5%
2041	13.9%	31.2%
2042	13.9%	31%
2043	13.9%	30.7%
2044	13.9%	30.4%
2045	13.9%	30.2%
2046	13.9%	29.9%
2047	13.9%	29.6%
2048	13.9%	29.3%
2049	13.9%	29%
2050	13.9%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.2% of the population in Norway and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 18.9% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Norway and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Norway vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.26% in Norway and +2.38% in the Solomon Islands. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Norway	Solomon Islands
1960	29,366	4,119
1961	29,239	4,257
1962	28,020	4,408
1963	26,766	4,571
1964	30,293	4,747
1965	31,275	4,885
1966	31,150	5,028
1967	30,276	5,151
1968	29,387	5,285
1969	28,858	5,444
1970	25,968	5,575
1971	26,541	5,814
1972	24,777	6,074
1973	21,387	6,343
1974	20,324	6,612
1975	16,430	6,635
1976	13,286	7,058
1977	11,321	7,290
1978	11,364	7,598
1979	10,181	7,874
1980	9,806	8,156
1981	9,020	8,436
1982	9,875	8,720
1983	7,844	9,011
1984	7,452	9,299
1985	6,644	9,534
1986	8,751	9,656
1987	9,212	9,943
1988	12,207	10,142
1989	13,949	10,354
1990	14,845	10,561
1991	16,194	10,789
1992	15,431	11,029
1993	12,936	11,396
1994	16,045	11,771
1995	14,821	12,124
1996	17,087	12,328
1997	15,418	12,478
1998	14,181	12,658
1999	14,278	12,809
2000	15,269	12,938
2001	13,090	13,061
2002	10,892	13,195
2003	14,151	13,344
2004	15,612	13,444
2005	15,719	13,568
2006	17,244	13,799
2007	16,482	13,963
2008	19,073	14,225
2009	20,280	14,381
2010	20,046	14,604
2011	18,822	15,095
2012	18,066	15,585
2013	17,779	16,038
2014	18,494	16,652
2015	18,160	16,909
2016	17,797	17,027
2017	15,831	16,897
2018	14,342	16,790
2019	13,904	16,649
2020	12,372	16,488
2021	14,062	16,626
2022	5,457	17,253
2023	8,280	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Norway vs Solomon Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Norway, compared to 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Norway	Solomon Islands
1985	9	209
1986	9	226
1987	9	200
1988	9	193
1989	9	188
1990	9	184
1991	8	178
1992	8	174
1993	7	173
1994	7	170
1995	6	168
1996	6	166
1997	5	164
1998	5	165
1999	5	164
2000	5	166
2001	5	167
2002	5	168
2003	5	167
2004	6	164
2005	6	161
2006	5	159
2007	5	163
2008	5	153
2009	4	152
2010	4	148
2011	4	147
2012	3	146
2013	3	147
2014	2	147
2015	2	146
2016	2	143
2017	2	140
2018	2	136
2019	2	135
2020	2	131
2021	2	153
2022	3	126
2023	1	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Norway and 2.06% in the Solomon Islands. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Norway	Solomon Islands
1960	2.26%	16.7%
1961	2.21%	16%
1962	2.15%	15.4%
1963	2.1%	14.7%
1964	2.04%	14%
1965	1.97%	13.3%
1966	1.9%	12.7%
1967	1.82%	12%
1968	1.75%	11.3%
1969	1.69%	10.6%
1970	1.62%	9.94%
1971	1.56%	9.29%
1972	1.5%	8.69%
1973	1.43%	8.12%
1974	1.36%	7.6%
1975	1.29%	7.9%
1976	1.22%	6.68%
1977	1.15%	6.29%
1978	1.09%	5.95%
1979	1.04%	5.64%
1980	1.01%	5.38%
1981	0.99%	5.14%
1982	0.99%	4.93%
1983	1%	4.74%
1984	1.01%	4.58%
1985	1.02%	4.42%
1986	1.02%	4.28%
1987	1.01%	4.16%
1988	0.98%	4.04%
1989	0.93%	3.93%
1990	0.87%	3.82%
1991	0.79%	3.72%
1992	0.72%	3.62%
1993	0.66%	3.52%
1994	0.61%	3.43%
1995	0.57%	3.35%
1996	0.54%	3.27%
1997	0.52%	3.21%
1998	0.51%	3.16%
1999	0.5%	3.11%
2000	0.49%	3.07%
2001	0.47%	3.03%
2002	0.46%	2.99%
2003	0.44%	2.97%
2004	0.42%	2.94%
2005	0.41%	2.91%
2006	0.39%	2.88%
2007	0.37%	2.85%
2008	0.36%	2.81%
2009	0.34%	2.76%
2010	0.33%	2.72%
2011	0.31%	2.67%
2012	0.3%	2.62%
2013	0.29%	2.58%
2014	0.28%	2.53%
2015	0.27%	2.49%
2016	0.26%	2.45%
2017	0.25%	2.41%
2018	0.25%	2.36%
2019	0.24%	2.3%
2020	0.24%	2.24%
2021	0.23%	2.18%
2022	0.23%	2.12%
2023	0.24%	2.06%