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How many babies are born in Norway?

53.1 thousand babies born in Norway in 2026. That is 0.04% of all births worldwide, and the 131st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Norway: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Norway’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~4.1K ~100K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~8.4K ~200K 41.8 Modelled estimate
1500 ~18K ~400K 45.6 Modelled estimate
1800 ~27K ~900K 30.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~66.3K ~2.23M 29.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 62.8K 3.27M 19.2 UN estimate
2000 59.2K 4.49M 13.2 UN estimate
2023 51.5K 5.52M 9.3 UN estimate
2026 53.1K 5.65M 9.4 UN projection
2050 51.1K 5.9M 8.7 UN projection
2075 48K 5.72M 8.4 UN projection
2100 44.3K 5.41M 8.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Norway among estimates through 2023 were in 1946, at about ~71.5K. That is roughly 17 times the estimated ~4.1K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.42 children per woman, fertility in Norway is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Norway each year?

An estimated 53.1 thousand babies are born in Norway in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 145 a day and 0.04% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Norway?

Norway has an estimated 9.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.42 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.