Niph: Birth Rates Continued to Increase in 2025

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2025 was another year in which birth rates in Norway increased. The increase in the number of births was 2.5 percent last year compared to the previous year.

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Birth rates continue to increase: Up 2.5 percent in 2025 There was an increase in births of 2.5 percent in Norway last year compared to the previous year, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) announced on Thursday. – The increase in births we saw in 2023 continued in 2024, and figures from the Medical Birth Register show that birth rates in Norway will also increase in 2025, writes the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. – The incre…

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2025 was another year in which birth rates in Norway increased. The increase in the number of births was 2.5 percent last year compared to the previous year.

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55,847 children were born in 2025. That is more than the previous year.

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There were 55,847 children born in 2025, according to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health's preliminary birth figures. This is an increase of 2.5 percent compared to 2024 - when 54,013 children were born. Birth rates in Norway have been declining over time, and fertility has been at a historically low level in recent years. In 2024, 1.44 children were born per woman - an increase from 1.40 in 2023, and the first time since 2009 that fertili…

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The number of births continued to increase in 2025. Preliminary figures show that 55,847 children were born in Norway last year. The largest increase was seen in Southern and Eastern Norway and in Northern Norway.