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Norwegian fertility rate at historic low

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Norway’s falling fertility rate is still above the European average. Photo: Robert Schlesinger / NTB scanpix

Longer educations and less certainty in the job market have pushed Norway’s fertility rate to its lowest point in 35 years.

The Norwegian fertility rate has been on steadily declining for years and newly released figures from Statistic Norway (SSB) show that in 2015 Norwegian it bottomed out at an average of 1.73 children per woman.  Continue reading “Norwegian fertility rate at historic low” →