Population: 4,314,604 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.39% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 13.32 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 10.44 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.38 years
male: 74.02 years
female: 80.94 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective: Norwegian

Ethnic divisions: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic), Lapps (Sami) 20,000

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 87.8% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980)

Languages: Norwegian (official)
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Labor force: 2.004 million (1992)
by occupation: services 39.1%, commerce 17.6%, mining, oil, and manufacturing 16.0%, banking and financial services 7.6%, transportation and communications 7.8%, construction 6.1%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 5.5% (1989)

NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.