Statistics Norway

Births

2 Confinements of single and multiple births, by sex1. 1991-2009 [Corrected 24 September 2010]
Sex of children Annual average Year
1991-1995 1996-2000 2001-2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Confinements, total 259 589 358 761 655 598 455 882 54 557 55 587 556 087 455 875 57 713 57 655 459 655 60 931
                         
Single births 58 745 57 780 54 546 54 847 53 498 54 521 55 030 54 833 56 690 56 621 58 608 59 857
1 boy 30 244 29 712 27 969 28 118 27 329 28 058 28 234 28 104 29 037 29 050 30 164 30 836
1 girl 28 501 28 068 26 577 26 729 26 169 26 463 26 796 26 729 27 653 27 571 28 444 29 021
Twin births  821  957 1 034 1 016 1 044 1 048 1 042 1 022 1 013 1 023 1 032 1 057
2 boys  288  322  331  334  351  325  326  321  332  348  359  361
1 boy and 1 girl  274  334  376  346  367  387  398  384  379  367  366  351
2 girls  258  301  327  336  326  336  318  317  302  308  307  345
Triple births 22 23 17 18 15 18 13 19 10 11 14 17
3 boys 3 6 3 1 5 5 2 3 2 3 3 2
2 boys and 1 girl 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 6 4 3 2 8
1 boy and 2 girls 8 6 4 5 1 3 5 6 4 3 6 4
3 girls 4 4 4 5 3 5 1 4 - 2 3 3
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.
6  Including 4 quadruple births in five-year period.

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