Norway vs Portugal: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Norway
1.41 births per woman
in 2022
Portugal
1.45 births per woman
in 2023
Norway rank
24th
Portugal rank
21st
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Norway
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 1.45 births per woman against 1.41 births per woman in Norway, a difference of 0.04 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Portugal ahead.
Norway ranks 24th and Portugal ranks 21st of 34 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.74 births per woman | 3.16 births per woman | 0.4117 births per woman | Portugal |
| 1970s | 2.09 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman | 0.6406 births per woman | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.73 births per woman | 1.87 births per woman | 0.1393 births per woman | Portugal |
| 1990s | 1.87 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman | 0.3807 births per woman | Norway |
| 2000s | 1.86 births per woman | 1.42 births per woman | 0.4411 births per woman | Norway |
| 2010s | 1.74 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman | 0.3974 births per woman | Norway |
| 2020s | 1.48 births per woman | 1.4 births per woman | 0.0803 births per woman | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate, Norway or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 1.45 births per woman against 1.41 births per woman in Norway as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Norway and Portugal?
- 0.04 births per woman, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Portugal?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2022.
- How do Norway and Portugal rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Norway ranks 24th and Portugal ranks 21st of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.