Statistics Norway

Births

4   Confinements of single and multiple births, by sex.1 1991-2003
Sex of children 1991-1995 1996-2000 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Confinements, total 259 589 358 761 60 263 459 041 557 644 458 463 458 393 455 882 54 557 55 587
                     
Single births 58 745 57 780 59 350 58 081 56 716 57 410 57 344 54 847 53 498 54 521
1 boy 30 244 29 712 30 676 29 872 29 034 29 530 29 449 28 118 27 329 28 058
1 girl 28 501 28 068 28 674 28 209 27 682 27 880 27 895 26 729 26 169 26 463
Twin births  821  957  886  931  903 1 031 1 033 1 016 1 044 1 048
2 boys  288  322  309  310  306  330  353  334  351  325
1 boy and 1 girl  274  334  302  321  321  366  362  346  367  387
2 girls  258  301  275  300  276  335  318  336  326  336
Triple births 22 23 27 28 23 21 15 18 15 18
3 boys 3 6 2 9 5 7 6 1 5 5
2 boys and 1 girl 7 7 13 8 8 3 3 7 6 5
1 boy and 2 girls 8 6 8 9 4 5 4 5 1 3
3 girls 4 4 4 2 6 6 2 5 3 5
1  The number of confinements includes both live births and late foetal deaths.
2  Including 8 quadruple births in the five-year period.
3  Including 5 quadruple births in the five-year period.
4  Including 1 quadruple birth.
5  Including 2 quadruple births.

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