Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Europe · Northern Europe

How many babies are born in Norway?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Norway through history

10K 1 CE1000150018002026
Estimated annual births in Norway, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 52.5K 5.58M 9.4 UN projection
2026 53.1K 5.65M 9.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Norway are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1946, at about ~71.5K. That is roughly 13 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.