Norway People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
5,553,840 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective: Norwegian
Ethnic groups
Norwegian 81.5% (includes about 60,000 Sami), other European 8.9%, other 9.6% (2021 est.)
Languages
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
major-language sample(s):
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Religions
Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 67.5%, Muslim 3.1%, Roman Catholic 3.1%, other Christian 3.8%, other 2.6%, unspecified 19.9% (2021 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 17.96% (male 503,013/female 478,901)
15-24 years: 12.02% (male 336,597/female 320,720)
25-54 years: 40.75% (male 1,150,762/female 1,077,357)
55-64 years: 11.84% (male 328,865/female 318,398)
65 years and over: 17.43% (male 442,232/female 510,594) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 54
youth dependency ratio: 26.1
elderly dependency ratio: 27.9
potential support ratio: 3.6 (2021 est.)
note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Median age
total: 39.5 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 40.2 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.8% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
12 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
7.96 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
3.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
most Norwegians live in the south where the climate is milder and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found all along the North Sea coast in the southwest, and Skaggerak in the southeast; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated
Urbanization
urban population: 83.7% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Major urban areas - population
1.071 million OSLO (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.8 years (2020 est.)
note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births
Maternal mortality ratio
2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 2.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 1.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.55 years
male: 80.42 years
female: 84.79 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.83 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
10.5% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
5.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
3.5 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
(2021 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
23.1% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 6.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 2.63 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 2.23 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 16.2% (2020 est.)
male: 17% (2020 est.)
female: 15.4% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 19 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 12.6%
male: 13.3%
female: 11.8% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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