Norway - Fertility Rate 2009
1.98
+0.02 from 2008
Norway's fertility rate was 1.98 in 2009, increased +0.02 from 1.96 in 2008. This was the 79th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 1.00 | 2.6% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.06 | -0.8% |
| 3rd | Korea | 1.15 | -3.6% |
| 4th | Andorra | 1.21 | -3.4% |
| 5th | Singapore | 1.22 | -4.7% |
| 6th | British Virgin Islands | 1.23 | -3.3% |
| 7th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.27 | 4.7% |
| 8th | Hungary | 1.32 | -2.2% |
| 9th | Portugal | 1.34 | -3.6% |
| 10th | San Marino | 1.36 | -10.7% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.36 | -1.4% |
| 12th | Japan | 1.37 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Spain | 1.38 | -4.8% |
| 14th | Austria | 1.39 | -2.1% |
| 15th | Poland | 1.40 | 0.7% |
| 16th | Malta | 1.42 | -0.7% |
| 17th | Italy | 1.44 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Serbia | 1.44 | 2.9% |
| 19th | Slovak Republic | 1.44 | 7.5% |
| 20th | Latvia | 1.46 | -7.6% |
| 21st | Ukraine | 1.47 | 1.8% |
| 22nd | Cyprus | 1.48 | -0.3% |
| 23rd | Armenia | 1.50 | 7.1% |
| 24th | Switzerland | 1.50 | 1.4% |
| 25th | Greece | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Croatia | 1.50 | 2.0% |
| 27th | Lithuania | 1.50 | 3.4% |
| 28th | North Macedonia | 1.50 | 2.0% |
| 29th | Belarus | 1.51 | 1.4% |
| 30th | Czechia | 1.51 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Slovenia | 1.53 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Russian Federation | 1.54 | 2.7% |
| 33rd | European Union | 1.56 | -0.5% |
| 34th | Thailand | 1.57 | -1.4% |
| 35th | Channel Islands | 1.57 | 0.6% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 1.58 | 4.4% |
| 37th | Luxembourg | 1.59 | -1.2% |
| 38th | Mauritius | 1.59 | -4.8% |
| 39th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.62 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Albania | 1.64 | 1.4% |
| 41st | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.65 | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 1.66 | 6.4% |
| 43rd | Romania | 1.66 | 3.7% |
| 44th | Cuba | 1.68 | 6.5% |
| 45th | Canada | 1.69 | -0.6% |
| 46th | Estonia | 1.70 | -1.2% |
| 47th | Liechtenstein | 1.71 | 19.6% |
| 48th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.71 | -0.9% |
| 49th | China | 1.71 | 0.8% |
| 50th | Moldova | 1.72 | 4.9% |
| 51st | Cayman Islands | 1.72 | 1.2% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 1.74 | 2.1% |
| 53rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.74 | -0.2% |
| 54th | Barbados | 1.77 | 0.8% |
| 55th | Netherlands | 1.79 | 1.1% |
| 56th | Brazil | 1.80 | -0.9% |
| 57th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.80 | -1.8% |
| 58th | Azerbaijan | 1.82 | -4.2% |
| 59th | Belgium | 1.84 | -0.5% |
| 60th | Denmark | 1.84 | -2.6% |
| 61st | Bermuda | 1.85 | -0.4% |
| 62nd | Chile | 1.86 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Finland | 1.86 | 0.5% |
| 64th | Aruba | 1.88 | -0.7% |
| 65th | Jamaica | 1.88 | -3.8% |
| 66th | United Kingdom | 1.89 | -1.0% |
| 67th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.91 | -3.3% |
| 68th | Dominica | 1.92 | -2.5% |
| 69th | Viet Nam | 1.92 | -0.7% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.92 | 0.2% |
| 71st | Gibraltar | 1.93 | 1.2% |
| 72nd | Palau | 1.94 | -0.6% |
| 73rd | Isle of Man | 1.94 | -0.2% |
| 74th | Sweden | 1.94 | 1.6% |
| 75th | Costa Rica | 1.95 | -1.4% |
| 76th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.96 | -2.3% |
| 77th | Australia | 1.97 | -0.7% |
| 78th | Montenegro | 1.98 | 4.8% |
| 79th | Norway | 1.98 | 1.0% |
| 80th | Georgia | 1.99 | 8.8% |
| 81st | France | 2.00 | -0.5% |
| 82nd | United States | 2.00 | -3.4% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | 2.00 | 1.5% |
| 84th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.01 | -1.8% |
| 85th | Bahamas, The | 2.01 | 0.6% |
| 86th | Uruguay | 2.02 | -0.6% |
| 87th | Bahrain | 2.05 | -4.9% |
| 88th | Ireland | 2.06 | 0.0% |
| 89th | Grenada | 2.08 | -1.8% |
| 90th | Colombia | 2.10 | -2.7% |
| 91st | Curaçao | 2.10 | -4.5% |
| 92nd | Türkiye | 2.10 | -2.3% |
| 93rd | New Zealand | 2.13 | -2.7% |
| 94th | French Polynesia | 2.15 | -2.1% |
| 95th | Kuwait | 2.16 | -4.9% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.17 | 1.1% |
| 97th | Sri Lanka | 2.18 | -2.4% |
| 98th | Lebanon | 2.19 | 0.9% |
| 99th | New Caledonia | 2.19 | -0.5% |
| 100th | Malaysia | 2.22 | -1.7% |
| 101st | Iceland | 2.23 | 3.7% |
| 102nd | Cabo Verde | 2.25 | -2.3% |
| 103rd | Qatar | 2.25 | -4.9% |
| 104th | El Salvador | 2.26 | -1.3% |
| 105th | Kosovo | 2.32 | -1.8% |
| 106th | Greenland | 2.36 | 5.0% |
| 107th | Bhutan | 2.36 | -4.7% |
| 108th | Mexico | 2.36 | -1.1% |
| 109th | Myanmar | 2.37 | -1.5% |
| 110th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.37 | -2.9% |
| 111th | Seychelles | 2.38 | 2.1% |
| 112th | Faroe Islands | 2.38 | -7.7% |
| 113th | Maldives | 2.39 | 0.8% |
| 114th | Monaco | 2.40 | 0.5% |
| 115th | Argentina | 2.40 | -1.3% |
| 116th | Indonesia | 2.44 | 0.1% |
| 117th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.46 | -3.4% |
| 118th | Peru | 2.48 | -1.9% |
| 119th | Bangladesh | 2.48 | -3.6% |
| 120th | South Africa | 2.50 | -6.6% |
| 121st | Libya | 2.56 | -1.7% |
| 122nd | Uzbekistan | 2.56 | -2.9% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 2.57 | 1.1% |
| 124th | Kazakhstan | 2.58 | -1.4% |
| 125th | Panama | 2.59 | -0.6% |
| 126th | Morocco | 2.62 | 0.5% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | 2.63 | -1.3% |
| 128th | Nepal | 2.63 | -3.9% |
| 129th | Belize | 2.66 | -4.4% |
| 130th | India | 2.67 | -1.4% |
| 131st | Ecuador | 2.68 | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Guyana | 2.69 | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Suriname | 2.71 | -0.6% |
| 134th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.74 | -2.8% |
| 135th | Paraguay | 2.76 | -1.3% |
| 136th | Fiji | 2.76 | -2.1% |
| 137th | Turkmenistan | 2.79 | 1.6% |
| 138th | Mongolia | 2.80 | 7.7% |
| 139th | Algeria | 2.83 | 1.4% |
| 140th | Oman | 2.83 | 2.4% |
| 141st | Guam | 2.89 | -0.5% |
| 142nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.90 | 3.6% |
| 143rd | Saudi Arabia | 2.95 | -4.0% |
| 144th | Israel | 2.96 | 0.0% |
| 145th | Cambodia | 2.97 | -2.5% |
| 146th | Botswana | 3.13 | 0.1% |
| 147th | Honduras | 3.17 | -2.7% |
| 148th | Lao PDR | 3.23 | -3.1% |
| 149th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.26 | 0.6% |
| 150th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.29 | -2.3% |
| 151st | Lesotho | 3.31 | -2.4% |
| 152nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.31 | -1.6% |
| 153rd | American Samoa | 3.36 | -1.8% |
| 154th | Philippines | 3.38 | -0.7% |
| 155th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.42 | -1.9% |
| 156th | Tuvalu | 3.43 | 0.3% |
| 157th | Tajikistan | 3.43 | 1.2% |
| 158th | Guatemala | 3.47 | -3.0% |
| 159th | Eswatini | 3.50 | -1.8% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 3.52 | -2.8% |
| 161st | Haiti | 3.57 | -1.5% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 3.63 | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Marshall Islands | 3.83 | -3.5% |
| 164th | Jordan | 3.84 | -0.9% |
| 165th | Nauru | 3.85 | 5.0% |
| 166th | Kiribati | 3.91 | 0.2% |
| 167th | Papua New Guinea | 3.94 | -1.8% |
| 168th | Tonga | 3.95 | -1.6% |
| 169th | Zimbabwe | 3.95 | 4.4% |
| 170th | Gabon | 4.14 | 0.5% |
| 171st | Vanuatu | 4.16 | 0.0% |
| 172nd | Ghana | 4.18 | -0.9% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 4.35 | -0.2% |
| 174th | Iraq | 4.38 | 0.1% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.44 | -1.5% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 4.47 | -1.1% |
| 177th | Samoa | 4.47 | 1.1% |
| 178th | Kenya | 4.57 | -2.0% |
| 179th | Eritrea | 4.66 | -1.7% |
| 180th | Rwanda | 4.71 | -4.4% |
| 181st | Comoros | 4.78 | -0.6% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | 4.81 | 1.7% |
| 183rd | São Tomé and Principe | 4.84 | -1.4% |
| 184th | Timor-Leste | 4.99 | -3.4% |
| 185th | Madagascar | 5.00 | -0.8% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.00 | -2.1% |
| 187th | Senegal | 5.03 | 0.0% |
| 188th | Togo | 5.10 | 0.1% |
| 189th | Sudan | 5.17 | -0.7% |
| 190th | Liberia | 5.17 | -2.9% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 5.18 | -1.7% |
| 192nd | Cameroon | 5.24 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | Tanzania | 5.26 | -1.2% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.29 | -1.4% |
| 195th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.33 | -0.5% |
| 196th | Mauritania | 5.41 | -0.6% |
| 197th | South Sudan | 5.45 | -2.2% |
| 198th | Sierra Leone | 5.45 | -2.1% |
| 199th | Malawi | 5.45 | -2.8% |
| 200th | Zambia | 5.45 | -1.4% |
| 201st | Benin | 5.49 | -1.0% |
| 202nd | Guinea | 5.53 | -1.2% |
| 203rd | Gambia, The | 5.57 | -0.9% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 5.68 | 1.5% |
| 205th | Central African Republic | 5.94 | 0.6% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 5.99 | -1.0% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 5.99 | -0.5% |
| 208th | Uganda | 6.12 | -1.3% |
| 209th | Angola | 6.26 | -0.9% |
| 210th | Afghanistan | 6.30 | -1.5% |
| 211th | Burundi | 6.41 | -1.6% |
| 212th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.59 | 0.2% |
| 213th | Mali | 6.59 | -0.5% |
| 214th | Chad | 7.02 | -0.6% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.38 | -0.5% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.68 | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was Norway's fertility rate in 2009?▾
Norway's fertility rate in 2009 was 1.98. This ranked 79th globally.
How did Norway's fertility rate change in 2009?▾
Norway's fertility rate increased by 1.0% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2009?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2009 at 7.68.
What is the fertility rate of Norway in 2009?▾
The fertility rate of Norway in 2009 was 1.98. This ranked 79th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Norway's fertility rate?▾
Norway's fertility rate went from 1.96 in 2008 to 1.98 in 2009, a 1.0% increase.
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