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3.16 Total fertility rate and age-specific fertility rates for 5-year periods
Period Live births per 1 000 women. Age1. Years Total fertility rate2
             
1846-1850 6.9 96.6  199.2  227.5  202.4  128.6 28.6 4.449
1851-1855 7.1 99.5  205.2  234.3  208.6  132.3 29.5 4.582
1856-1860 7.2  100.5  207.2  236.6  210.7  133.6 29.7 4.627
1861-1865 7.1 98.9  203.9  233.0  207.3  131.5 29.3 4.555
1866-1870 6.9 96.7  199.3  227.7  202.5  128.6 28.7 4.451
1871-1875 7.0 98.1  202.3  231.1  205.6  130.5 29.1 4.519
1876-1880 7.4  102.3  210.6  239.5  213.8  134.3 29.7 4.688
1881-1885 7.5  100.6  206.6  233.2  209.2  129.2 28.2 4.572
1886-1890 7.6 99.5  203.8  228.4  206.0  125.0 27.0 4.487
1891-1895 8.8  103.6  203.7  224.4  200.4  120.2 25.4 4.432
1896-1900 10.9  113.4  207.4  222.7  194.0  115.7 23.9 4.440
1901-1905 11.4  109.2  195.7  207.1  180.9  108.4 19.8 4.163
1906-1910 11.1  103.2  187.1  193.0  167.7 97.9 17.2 3.886
1911-1915 10.7  100.7  178.5  180.5  153.1 88.0 15.3 3.634
1916-1920 10.6  103.3  169.6  170.4  139.8 79.9 14.2 3.439
1921-1925 10.4 93.3  152.9  148.7  120.2 66.6 10.4 3.013
1926-1930 8.2 73.4  120.1  117.5 92.0 50.1 7.7 2.345
1931-1935 7.6 64.6  103.5 96.2 69.8 36.0 5.8 1.918
1936-1940 8.2 67.9  107.8 96.2 62.7 28.2 3.9 1.874
1941-1945 11.4 83.8  127.2  113.0 75.4 29.8 3.4 2.220
1946-1950 15.2  101.1  145.5  130.6 88.3 35.7 3.6 2.600
1951-1955 22.2  130.7  154.9  117.2 71.7 28.2 2.8 2.639
1956-1960 28.5  160.1  173.9  120.6 68.0 24.5 2.3 2.890
1961-1965 28.6  170.4  182.1  119.5 63.6 22.0 2.0 2.942
1966-1970 32.3  167.7  170.2  104.4 53.1 17.1 1.5 2.732
1971-1975 33.5  145.9  145.2 79.4 34.6 9.3 0.7 2.243
1976-1980 22.6  109.3  125.0 67.2 24.5 5.4 0.4 1.771
1981-1985 15.3 92.1  125.0 73.6 25.0 4.6 0.3 1.680
1986-1990 12.7 85.6  137.1 92.3 31.4 5.3 0.3 1.824
1961-1965 37.9  178.0  177.3  112.7 58.1 18.7 1.3 2.942
1966-1970 43.7  175.1  164.6 98.5 48.7 14.1 1.0 2.732
1971-1975 44.0  151.8  140.6 73.7 31.3 7.6 0.4 2.243
1976-1980 29.9  115.5  120.7 62.4 22.1 4.4 0.2 1.771
1981-1985 20.5 99.4  122.6 67.2 22.3 3.9 0.2 1.680
1986-1990 17.8 93.2  136.9 85.2 27.3 4.4 0.2 1.824
1991-1995 15.2 82.6  137.7  100.2 37.2 5.6 0.2 1.879
1996-2000 12.4 70.6  130.9  107.8 43.5 6.9 0.2 1.851
2001-2005 9.3 59.9  123.3  113.2 47.0 7.8 0.3 1.800
2008 9.3 62.0  127.0  125.6 56.1 9.8 0.4 1.957
1  From 1961 age of a woman at delivery, before 1961 age of a woman at end of the year.
2  Average number of live-born children born to a woman living through the child-bearing period, assuming that the existing fertility pattern will remain and that no deaths will occur.
Source: REP Cohort and Period Fertility in Norway 1820-1993, Population Statistics and http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/10/fodte_en/

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