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Norway People 1996

Population:

4,330,951 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

19% (female 390,344; male 444,570)

15-64 years:

65% (female 1,375,493; male 1,424,027)

65 years and over:

16% (female 408,675; male 287,842) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.37% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

12.86 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

10.35 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

6.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

77.61 years

male:

74.26 years

female:

81.15 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.76 children born/woman (1995 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%

Labor force:

2.13 million

by occupation:

services 71%, industry 23%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6% (1992)

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