8   Total fertility rate1, by county. 1968-2001
  Total fertility rate
  Annual average 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Changes2000-20012
  1968-1969 1971-1975 1976-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000
The whole country 2.72 2.24 1.77 1.68 1.82 1.88 1.85 1.86 1.81 1.85 1.85 1.78 0.07
01 Østfold 2.52 2.13 1.68 1.54 1.66 1.72 1.72 1.73 1.67 1.73 1.73 1.71 0.02
02 Akershus 2.59 2.06 1.61 1.54 1.78 1.82 1.80 1.83 1.76 1.81 1.81 1.72 0.09
03 Oslo 2.00 1.67 1.43 1.38 1.63 1.71 1.69 1.70 1.67 1.68 1.67 1.64 0.03
04 Hedmark 2.57 2.08 1.57 1.52 1.65 1.75 1.71 1.66 1.63 1.72 1.77 1.67 0.10
05 Oppland 2.65 2.19 1.62 1.53 1.65 1.72 1.72 1.71 1.71 1.74 1.80 1.70 0.10
06 Buskerud 2.49 2.11 1.63 1.59 1.72 1.74 1.74 1.77 1.70 1.74 1.72 1.71 0.01
07 Vestfold 2.56 2.13 1.67 1.57 1.76 1.78 1.75 1.82 1.67 1.75 1.75 1.70 0.05
08 Telemark 2.59 2.18 1.73 1.66 1.78 1.77 1.73 1.71 1.69 1.71 1.74 1.72 0.02
09 Aust-Agder 2.85 2.47 2.00 1.86 1.87 1.89 1.90 1.92 1.84 1.90 1.89 1.74 0.16
10 Vest-Agder 2.96 2.52 2.10 1.92 1.98 2.02 1.96 1.95 1.89 1.97 1.93 1.88 0.04
11 Rogaland 3.11 2.54 2.13 1.98 2.07 2.13 2.08 2.10 2.06 2.09 2.04 1.96 0.08
12 Hordaland 2.94 2.43 1.92 1.83 1.98 2.02 1.97 1.95 1.91 1.93 2.01 1.91 0.10
14 Sogn og Fjordane 3.24 2.69 2.12 1.97 2.04 2.11 2.11 2.07 2.09 2.07 2.10 1.99 0.11
15 Møre og Romsdal 3.16 2.48 1.95 1.88 1.95 1.97 2.00 1.94 1.96 2.04 2.01 1.98 0.02
16 Sør-Trøndelag 2.83 2.37 1.78 1.67 1.82 1.90 1.87 1.86 1.88 1.81 1.86 1.80 0.05
17 Nord-Trøndelag 3.09 2.51 1.93 1.83 1.94 2.00 2.03 1.98 1.97 2.03 2.07 1.98 0.09
18 Nordland 3.13 2.45 1.93 1.80 1.90 1.97 1.93 1.99 1.90 1.94 1.85 1.83 0.01
19 Troms 3.29 2.54 1.85 1.77 1.87 2.00 1.90 1.87 1.87 1.89 1.94 1.78 0.16
20 Finnmark 3.40 2.73 1.86 1.80 1.93 2.06 2.05 2.11 1.99 2.03 2.08 1.85 0.23
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.
2  The figures are corrected 6.1.2003.

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