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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox place demographics Template:Historical populations Demographic features of the population of Norway, including Jan Mayen, and Svalbard, where the hospital is not equipped for births, and no burials are allowed because of permafrost, include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

The population of Norway rose to over 5.6 million during 2025.

Historical populations

From 1349 to 1500 the population was approximately halved by several rounds of the black plague, down to approximately 250,000.

The first official census for the then Denmark-Norway kingdom union was held in 1769 and found the Norwegian population to be 723 000.

Except for Ireland, no other country contributed a larger percentage of its population to the American immigration between 1825 - 1925 when more than 800,000 left Norway.

By 1905, when Norway reached full independence, the population was 2,303,595.

Total population in Norway 1735–2017, in millions<ref name="ssb05803">Data from Statistics Norway table 05803: Population, births, deaths, marriages, migration and population increase. Figures for 1735–1815 and 1838 are taken from Michael Drake: Population and Society in Norway 1735–1865. Before 1816 estimated mean population.</ref>
Deaths over time in Norway

Population

The total population of Norway at the end of 2024 was 5,594,340.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Statistics Norway estimated that the 5,000,000 milestone was reached on 19 March 2012.<ref name="berglund">Nina Berglund: Norwegians now number 5 million Template:Webarchive News in English, 18 March 2012</ref>

The following demographic statistics are from the World Population Review.<ref name="WPR2008">Template:Citation</ref>

  • One birth every 8 minutes
  • One death every 13 minutes
  • One net migrant every 19 minutes
  • Net gain of one person every 10 minutes

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County Population (2025)
Akershus 740,680
Oslo 724,290
Vestland 655,210
Rogaland 504,496
Agder 322,188
Østfold 314,407
Buskerud 271,248
Møre og Romsdal 272,413
Trøndelag 486,815
Nordland 243,582
Troms 170,479
Innlandet 377,556
Telemark 177,863
Finnmark 75,042
Vestfold 258,071

Fertility

TFR of Norway overtime to 2016

The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.<ref name="ourworldindata.org">Template:Citation</ref>

A large size Norwegian nuclear family in 1890
Years 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 4.32 4.07 3.91 4.2 3.94 4.33 4.39 4.27 4 3.21 3.87
Annual population growth in Norway 1951–2016, in thousands<ref name="ssb05803" /> Template:Col-beginTemplate:Col-2Template:LegendTemplate:Col-2Template:LegendTemplate:Col-end
Years 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 3.99 4.26 3.76 3.53 4.4 5.05 4.67 4.43 4.59 4.79
Years 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 5 4.74 4.88 4.67 4.94 5.01 4.61 4.58 4.84 4.65
Years 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 4.46 4.3 4.42 4.56 4.7 4.23 4.13 4.36 3.84 4.01
Years 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 4.29 4.42 4.34 4.31 4.49 4.4 4.43 4.28 4.61 4.45
Years 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 4.6 4.46 4.6 4.93 4.61 4.42 4.54 4.62 4.82 4.63
Years 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 4.3 4.52 4.69 4.55 4.6 4.61 4.38 4.3 4.22 4.26
Years 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 4.29 4.4 4.41 4.59 4.67 4.68 4.69 4.64 4.71 4.53
Years 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 4.4 4.47 4.51 4.59 4.56 4.48 4.56 4.42 4.31 4.43
Years 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
Total Fertility Rate in Norway 4.51 4.35 4.47 4.38 4.52 4.47 4.48 4.53 4.47
County Fertility rate (2024)
Østfold 1.47
Akershus 1.57
Oslo 1.31
Buskerud 1.44
Innlandet 1.40
Vestfold 1.45
Telemark 1.41
Agder 1.53
Rogaland 1.63
Vestland 1.47
Møre og Romsdal 1.58
Trøndelag 1.43
Nordland 1.42
Troms 1.34
Finnmark 1.51
Total fertility rate
1.85 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 143rd
Mother's mean age at first birth
28.9 years
Birth rate
12.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 160th

Life expectancy

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Sources: Our World In Data and the United Nations.

1843–1950

Years 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Life expectancy in Norway 48.0 44.8 45.0 48.0 49.5 49.7 48.5 47.9 51.6 50.4 50.4 50.2 51.6 49.9 50.0
Life expectancy in Norway since 1846
Years 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 45.8 44.7 46.7 48.8 50.4 49.9 47.9 47.2 49.3 50.9
Years 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 49.7 50.0 49.7 47.8 47.6 46.8 49.7 51.8 53.1 51.9
Years 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 50.4 47.4 49.6 50.8 51.0 51.7 51.7 50.4 49.1 48.6
Years 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 49.8 49.7 51.4 50.6 52.8 53.8 53.7 54.0 51.6 53.5
Years 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 54.6 56.5 55.0 56.1 55.1 56.9 56.5 56.3 57.5 58.0
Years 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 58.0 57.7 58.3 57.8 58.2 57.3 57.7 50.3 56.8 58.9
Years 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 61.6 60.8 61.8 62.1 62.5 63.3 62.9 63.4 62.5 64.1
Years 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 64.1 64.6 65.5 66.2 65.8 65.8 66.0 67.1 67.4 65.9
Years 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950<ref name=":0" />
Life expectancy in Norway 65.8 65.7 66.1 65.8 68.2 69.5 70.0 71.1 71.5 71.6

1950–2015

Life expectancy in Norway since 1960 by gender
Animated population pyramid of Norway since 1846. With Emigrants represented by lighter colors and immigrants represented in gray.
Population density map of municipalities in Norway from 2016
Period Life expectancy in
Years 		Period Life expectancy in
Years
1950–1955 72.8 1985–1990 76.3
1955–1960 73.5 1990–1995 77.3
1960–1965 73.5 1995–2000 78.3
1965–1970 73.9 2000–2005 79.3
1970–1975 74.4 2005–2010 80.6
1975–1980 75.3 2010–2015 81.6
1980–1985 76.0

Source: UN World Population Prospects

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82 years. Country comparison to the world: 22nd
male: 79.9 years
female: 84.1 years (2018 est.)
Death rate
8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 90th

Age structure

0–14 years: 18.1% (male 495,403 /female 471,014) (2018 est.)
15–24 years: 12.3% (male 340,672 /female 324,088)
25–54 years: 41.0% (male 1,136,373 /female 1,065,138)
55–64 years: 11.7% (male 318,898 /female 310,668)
65 years and over: 16.9% (male 420,178 /female 489,759)
Median age
total: 39.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 55th
male: 38.6 years
female: 40 years (2018 est.)

Population density

Urbanization
urban population: 82.2% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2015–20 est.)

Note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Vital statistics

Data according to Statistics Norway, which collects the official statistics for Norway.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable events in Norwegian demographics:

Average population (January 1) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Crude migration change (per 1000) Total fertility ratesTemplate:Refn<ref name="ourworldindata.org" /><ref name="cia.gov">Template:Citation</ref>
1800 881,499 26,415 22,560 3,855 30.0 25.6 4.4 -2.8
1801 882,951 24,953 24,167 786 28.3 27.4 0.9 -0.5
1802 883,284 24,021 22,277 1,744 27.2 25.2 2.0 0.1
1803 885,102 25,805 22,074 3,731 29.2 24.9 4.3 -1.3
1804 887,760 24,301 20,879 3,422 27.4 23.5 3.9 1.7
1805 892,721 26,868 18,525 8,343 30.1 20.8 9.3 -0.9
1806 900,193 27,447 19,006 8,441 30.5 21.1 9.4 -2.1
1807 906,734 26,940 20,460 6,480 29.7 22.6 7.1 -3.7
1808 909,830 25,335 23,783 1,552 27.8 26.1 1.7 -8.6
1809 903,529 20,172 32,486 -12,314 22.3 36.0 -13.7 5.9
1810 896,479 24,083 24,029 54 26.9 26.8 0.1 0
1811 896,566 24,805 22,844 1,961 27.7 25.5 2.2 2
1812 900,332 26,612 19,203 7,409 29.6 21.3 8.3 -6.9
1813 901,580 23,525 26,598 -3,073 26.1 29.5 -3.4 1.6
1814 899,999 22,085 20,334 1,751 24.5 22.6 1.9 3.4
1815 904,777 27,650 17,953 9,697 30.6 19.8 10.8 -2.8
1816 911,996 32,259 17,767 14,492 35.0 19.3 15.9
1817 926,488 30,300 16,487 13,813 32.5 17.7 14.9
1818 940,301 29,102 18,016 11,086 30.8 19.1 11.8
1819 951,387 30,537 18,859 11,678 31.9 19.7 12.3
1820 963,065 32,309 18,340 13,969 33.3 18.9 14.5
1821 977,034 34,166 20,127 14,039 34.7 20.5 14.4
1822 991,073 32,869 19,421 13,448 32.9 19.5 13.6
1823 1,004,521 34,375 17,958 16,417 33.9 17.7 16.3
1824 1,020,938 33,388 18,981 14,407 32.5 18.5 14.1
1825 1,035,345 35,856 18,201 17,655 34.3 17.4 17.1
1826 1,053,000 37,006 19,609 17,784 34.9 18.5 16.9
1827 1,070,784 34,538 19,391 15,534 32.0 18.0 14.5
1828 1,086,318 34,767 21,217 13,937 31.8 19.4 12.8
1829 1,100,255 37,280 21,457 16,211 33.6 19.4 14.7
1830 1,116,466 36,307 22,161 14,534 32.3 19.7 13.0
1831 1,131,000 35,225 22,502 12,834 31.0 19.8 11.3
1832 1,143,834 34,400 21,254 13,257 29.9 18.5 11.6
1833 1,157,091 35,718 23,656 12,173 30.7 20.3 10.5
1834 1,169,264 37,240 26,356 10,995 31.7 22.4 9.4
1835 1,180,259 38,780 23,151 15,741 32.6 19.5 13.3
1836 1,196,000 35,367 23,134 12,808 29.4 19.2 10.7
1837 1,208,808 34,842 25,218 10,199 28.7 20.8 8.4
1838 1,219,007 37,098 26,581 10,312 30.3 21.7 8.5
1839 1,229,319 32,881 26,652 6,605 26.7 21.6 5.4
1840 1,235,924 34,548 24,593 10,431 27.8 19.8 8.4
1841 1,246,355 37,372 21,649 16,099 29.8 17.3 12.9
1842 1,262,454 39,056 22,847 16,285 30.7 18.0 12.9
1843 1,278,739 38,800 23,069 14,907 30.2 17.9 11.7
1844 1,293,646 38,973 22,297 16,252 29.9 17.1 12.6
1845 1,309,898 41,200 22,303 18,573 31.2 16.9 14.2
1846 1,328,471 41,528 23,887 16,513 31.1 17.9 12.4
1847 1,344,984 41,610 27,489 12,694 30.8 20.3 9.4
1848 1,357,678 40,554 27,916 11,411 29.8 20.5 8.4
1849 1,369,089 44,113 25,226 15,060 32.0 18.3 11.0
1850 1,384,149 43,082 23,971 15,584 31.0 17.2 11.3
1851 1,399,733 44,899 24,092 18,340 31.9 17.1 13.1
1852 1,418,073 44,219 25,565 14,797 31.0 17.9 10.4
1853 1,432,870 46,039 26,391 13,771 32.0 18.3 9.6
1854 1,446,641 49,896 23,362 20,757 34.3 16.0 14.3
1855 1,467,398 49,438 25,362 22,649 33.4 17.2 15.4
1856 1,490,047 48,311 25,357 21,128 32.2 16.9 14.2
1857 1,511,175 50,198 26,017 19,137 33.0 17.1 12.7
1858 1,530,312 51,671 24,796 25,764 33.5 16.1 16.8
1859 1,556,076 54,556 26,738 27,449 34.8 17.0 17.6
1860 1,583,525 53,074 27,398 25,128 33.3 17.2 15.9
1861 1,608,653 49,546 31,493 10,449 30.7 19.5 6.5
1862 1,619,102 52,190 32,502 15,767 32.1 20.0 9.7
1863 1,634,869 53,905 31,076 23,128 32.7 18.9 14.1
1864 1,657,997 53,158 29,692 20,513 31.9 17.8 12.4
1865 1,678,510 53,939 28,066 23,246 31.9 16.6 13.8
1866 1,701,756 54,166 29,106 11,031 31.7 17.1 6.5
1867 1,712,787 51,607 31,693 19,914 30.07 18.47 11.60 -6.8
1868 1,720,933 50,872 31,568 19,304 29.51 18.31 11.20 -6.4
1869 1,729,242 49,985 29,656 20,329 28.91 17.15 11.76 -9.8
1870 1,732,655 50,618 28,171 22,447 29.17 16.23 12.94 -8
1871 1,741,162 51,163 29,453 21,710 29.32 16.88 12.44 -6.5
1872 1,751,544 52,592 29,257 23,335 29.97 16.67 13.30 -7.2
1873 1,762,313 52,749 29,979 22,770 29.85 16.97 12.88 -4.8
1874 1,776,528 55,259 32,705 22,554 30.99 18.34 12.65 -1.3
1875 1,796,752 56,856 33,871 22,985 31.53 18.78 12.75 -0.4
1876 1,818,853 57,699 34,485 23,214 31.55 18.86 12.69 -1.7
1877 1,838,858 58,717 31,252 27,465 31.71 16.88 14.83 -1
1878 1,864,285 59,066 29,950 29,116 31.47 15.96 15.51 -2
1879 1,889,385 61,106 28,736 32,370 32.13 15.11 17.02 -3.5
1880 1,914,867 59,315 31,065 28,250 30.91 16.19 14.72 -10.3
1881 1,923,283 57,778 32,716 25,062 30.05 17.01 13.04 -13.4
1882 1,922,613 58,762 35,786 22,976 30.61 18.64 11.97 -14.9
1883 1,916,921 59,440 32,545 26,895 30.97 16.96 14.01 -11.5
1884 1,921,712 61,019 32,071 28,948 31.63 16.63 15.00 -7.4
1885 1,936,404 61,231 31,985 29,246 31.50 16.45 15.05 -7.3
1886 1,951,429 60,466 31,844 28,622 30.88 16.26 14.62 -7.6
1887 1,965,217 61,827 31,904 29,923 31.39 16.20 15.19 -10.5
1888 1,974,396 60,052 34,126 25,926 30.38 17.26 13.12 -10.9
1889 1,978,834 58,811 35,235 23,576 29.64 17.76 11.88 -6.4
1890 1,989,756 60,747 35,961 24,786 30.42 18.01 12.41 -5.2
1891 2,004,102 61,901 35,621 26,280 30.76 17.70 13.06 -4.7
1892 2,020,905 59,933 36,218 23,715 29.58 17.88 11.70 -6.6
1893 2,031,127 61,823 33,537 28,286 30.34 16.46 13.88 -7.3
1894 2,044,466 60,889 34,754 26,135 29.61 16.90 12.71 -0.8
1895 2,068,848 63,318 32,582 30,736 30.40 15.64 14.76 -1
1896 2,097,328 63,254 32,101 31,153 29.95 15.20 14.75 -1.1
1897 2,126,024 64,333 32,873 31,460 30.04 15.35 14.69 0.1
1898 2,157,418 65,926 33,228 32,698 30.33 15.29 15.04 0.2
1899 2,190,196 65,968 36,935 29,033 29.93 16.76 13.17 5.5
1900 2,231,000 66,229 35,345 30,884 29.7 15.8 13.8 -3.1 4.40
1901 2,255,000 67,303 33,821 33,482 29.8 15.0 14.8 -5.5 4.37
1902 2,276,000 66,494 31,670 34,824 29.2 13.9 15.3 -10.0 4.26
1903 2,288,000 65,470 33,847 31,623 28.6 14.8 13.8 -9.5 4.16
1904 2,298,000 64,143 32,895 31,248 27.9 14.3 13.6 -8.8 4.07
1905 2,309,000 62,601 34,050 28,551 27.1 14.7 12.4 -8.0 3.95
1906 2,319,000 62,091 31,668 30,423 26.8 13.7 13.1 -8.8 3.92
1907 2,329,000 61,302 33,345 27,957 26.3 14.3 12.0 -4.7 3.87
1908 2,346,000 61,686 33,366 28,320 26.3 14.2 12.1 -2.7 3.87
1909 2,368,000 63,324 32,111 31,213 26.7 13.6 13.2 -6.4 3.96
1910 2,384,000 61,486 32,207 29,279 25.8 13.5 12.3 -5.2 3.82
1911 2,401,000 61,727 31,691 30,036 25.7 13.2 12.5 -3.3 3.80
1912 2,423,000 61,409 32,663 28,746 25.3 13.5 11.9 -2.0 3.72
1913 2,447,000 61,294 32,442 28,852 25.0 13.3 11.8 -1.6 3.64
1914 2,472,000 62,111 33,280 28,831 25.1 13.5 11.7 -1.1 3.62
1915 2,498,000 58,975 33,425 25,550 23.6 13.4 10.2 -0.6 3.37
1916 2,522,000 61,120 34,910 26,210 24.2 13.8 10.4 1.1 3.43
1917 2,551,000 63,969 34,699 29,270 25.1 13.6 11.5 -0.9 3.53
1918 2,578,000 63,468 44,218 19,250 24.6 17.2 7.5 2.2 3.44
1919 2,603,000 59,486 35,821 23,665 22.9 13.8 9.1 3.2 3.17
1920 2,635,000 69,326 33,634 35,692 26.3 12.8 13.5 -1.0 3.61
1921 2,668,000 64,610 30,698 33,912 24.2 11.5 12.7 -2.6 3.31
1922 2,695,000 62,908 32,484 30,424 23.3 12.1 11.3 -4.6 3.18
1923 2,713,000 61,731 31,543 30,188 22.8 11.6 11.1 -5.2 3.09
1924 2,729,000 58,021 30,850 27,171 21.3 11.3 10.0 -3.4 2.85
1925 2,747,000 54,066 30,481 23,585 19.7 11.1 8.6 -2.8 2.61
1926 2,763,000 54,163 29,933 24,230 19.6 10.8 8.8 -4.5 2.59
1927 2,775,000 50,175 31,141 19,034 18.1 11.2 6.9 -3.3 2.38
1928 2,785,000 49,881 30,301 19,580 17.9 10.9 7.0 -3.4 2.34
1929 2,795,000 48,372 32,023 16,349 17.3 11.5 5.8 -1.5 2.23
1930 2,807,000 47,844 29,616 18,228 17.0 10.5 6.5 -0.4 2.19
1931 2,824,000 45,989 30,674 15,315 16.3 10.9 5.4 1.0 2.07
1932 2,842,000 45,451 30,102 15,349 16.0 10.6 5.4 0.2 2.04
1933 2,858,000 42,114 28,943 13,171 14.7 10.1 4.6 1.0 1.86
1934 2,874,000 41,833 28,340 13,493 14.6 9.9 4.7 0.5 1.82
1935 2,889,000 41,321 29,747 11,574 14.3 10.3 4.0 1.2 1.78
1936 2,904,000 42,240 30,100 12,140 14.5 10.4 4.2 1.0 1.84
1937 2,919,000 43,808 30,217 13,591 15.0 10.4 4.7 1.1 1.84
1938 2,936,000 45,319 29,211 16,108 15.4 9.9 5.5 0.6 1.88
1939 2,954,000 46,603 29,870 16,733 15.8 10.1 5.7 0.7 2.00
1940 2,973,000 47,943 32,045 15,898 16.1 10.8 5.3 0.4 1.95
1941 2,990,000 45,773 32,209 13,564 15.3 10.8 4.5 1.9 1.83
1942 3,009,000 53,225 32,062 21,163 17.7 10.7 7.0 0.6 2.11
1943 3,032,000 57,281 31,623 25,658 18.9 10.4 8.5 0.7 2.26
1944 3,060,000 62,241 32,652 29,589 20.3 10.7 9.7 0.4 2.45
1945 3,091,000 61,814 30,030 31,784 20.0 9.7 10.3 1.3 2.43
1946 3,127,000 70,727 29,220 41,507 22.6 9.3 13.3 -1.1 2.77
1947 3,165,000 67,625 29,894 37,731 21.4 9.4 11.9 -0.5 2.66
1948 3,201,000 65,618 28,375 37,243 20.5 8.9 11.6 -1.3 2.62
1949 3,234,000 63,052 29,082 33,970 19.5 9.0 10.5 -0.9 2.52
1950 3,265,000 62,410 29,699 32,711 19.1 9.1 10.0 -5.4 2.46
1951 3,280,000 60,571 27,736 32,835 18.4 8.4 10.0 -0.5 2.47
1952 3,311,000 62,543 28,417 34,126 18.8 8.5 10.3 -0.6 2.58
1953 3,343,000 62,985 28,412 34,573 18.7 8.5 10.3 -0.4 2.64
1954 3,376,000 62,739 29,158 33,581 18.5 8.6 9.9 -0.4 2.67
1955 3,408,000 63,552 29,099 34,453 18.5 8.5 10.1 1.1 2.76
1956 3,446,000 64,171 29,981 34,190 18.5 8.7 9.9 -0.6 2.83
1957 3,478,000 63,063 30,560 32,503 18.1 8.8 9.3 -0.1 2.83
1958 3,510,000 62,985 31,645 31,340 17.9 9.0 8.9 -0.1 2.86
1959 3,541,000 63,005 31,761 31,244 17.7 8.9 8.8 -0.3 2.88
1960 3,571,000 61,880 32,543 29,337 17.3 9.1 8.2 -1.5 2.85
1961 3,595,000 62,555 33,313 29,242 17.3 9.2 8.1 0.2 2.91
1962 3,625,000 62,254 34,318 27,936 17.1 9.4 7.7 0 2.89
1963 3,653,000 63,290 36,850 26,440 17.3 10.0 7.2 0.2 2.91
1964 3,680,000 65,570 35,171 30,399 17.8 9.5 8.2 -0.3 2.95
1965 3,709,000 66,277 35,317 30,960 17.8 9.5 8.3 -0.5 2.89
1966 3,738,000 67,061 36,010 31,051 17.9 9.6 8.3 0.3 2.86
1967 3,770,000 66,779 36,216 30,563 17.6 9.6 8.1 0.4 2.82
1968 3,802,000 67,350 37,668 29,682 17.6 9.9 7.8 0.6 2.76
1969 3,835,000 67,746 38,994 28,752 17.6 10.1 7.5 0.6 2.70
1970 3,866,000 64,551 38,723 25,828 16.6 10.0 6.7 -1.0 2.61
1971 3,888,000 65,550 38,981 26,569 16.8 10.0 6.8 0.9 2.51
1972 3,918,000 64,260 39,375 24,885 16.3 10.0 6.3 1.4 2.37
1973 3,948,000 61,208 39,958 21,250 15.5 10.1 5.4 0.7 2.28
1974 3,973,000 59,603 39,464 20,139 15.0 9.9 5.1 1.2 2.15
1975 3,998,000 56,345 40,061 16,284 14.1 10.0 4.1 0.7 2.00
1976 4,017,000 53,474 40,216 13,258 13.3 10.0 3.3 1.2 1.88
1977 4,035,000 50,877 39,824 11,053 12.6 9.9 2.7 1.3 1.77
1978 4,051,000 51,749 40,682 11,067 12.7 10.0 2.7 1.0 1.79
1979 4,066,000 51,580 41,632 9,948 12.7 10.2 2.4 0.8 1.77
1980 4,079,000 51,039 41,340 9,699 12.5 10.1 2.4 0.8 1.74
1981 4,092,000 50,708 41,893 8,815 12.4 10.2 2.2 1.5 1.70
1982 4,107,000 51,245 41,454 9,791 12.5 10.1 2.4 1.5 1.71
1983 4,123,000 49,937 42,224 7,713 12.1 10.2 1.9 0.8 1.67
1984 4,134,000 50,274 42,581 7,693 12.1 10.3 1.9 1.0 1.66
1985 4,146,000 51,134 44,372 6,762 12.3 10.7 1.6 1.5 1.68
1986 4,159,000 52,514 43,560 8,954 12.6 10.5 2.1 2.0 1.71
1987 4,176,000 54,027 44,959 9,068 12.9 10.7 2.2 3.1 1.80
1988 4,198,000 57,526 45,354 12,172 13.7 10.8 2.9 2.6 1.84
1989 4,221,000 59,303 45,173 14,130 14.0 10.7 3.3 -0.5 1.89
1990 4,233,000 60,939 46,021 14,918 14.4 10.9 3.5 0.5 1.93
1991 4,250,000 60,808 44,923 15,885 14.3 10.5 3.7 1.9 1.92
1992 4,274,000 60,109 44,731 15,378 14.0 10.4 3.6 2.3 1.88
1993 4,299,000 59,678 46,597 13,081 13.8 10.8 3.0 3.0 1.86
1994 4,325,000 60,092 44,071 16,021 13.7 10.2 3.5 1.6 1.87
1995 4,348,000 60,292 45,190 15,102 13.8 10.4 3.5 1.6 1.87
1996 4,370,000 60,927 43,860 17,067 13.9 10.0 3.9 1.4 1.89
1997 4,393,000 59,801 44,595 15,206 13.6 10.1 3.5 2.2 1.87
1998 4,418,000 58,352 44,112 14,240 13.1 9.9 3.2 2.9 1.81
1999 4,445,000 59,298 45,170 14,128 13.3 10.1 3.1 4.2 1.85
2000 4,478,000 59,234 44,002 15,232 13.2 9.8 3.3 2.2 1.85
2001 4,503,000 56,696 43,981 12,715 12.6 9.8 2.8 1.8 1.78
2002 4,524,000 55,434 44,465 10,969 12.2 9.9 2.4 3.8 1.75
2003 4,552,000 56,458 42,478 13,980 12.4 9.4 3.0 2.4 1.80
2004 4,577,000 56,951 41,200 15,751 12.4 9.1 3.3 2.9 1.83
2005 4,606,000 56,756 41,232 15,524 12.3 8.9 3.4 4.0 1.84
2006 4,640,000 58,545 41,253 17,292 12.6 8.8 3.7 5.1 1.90
2007 4,681,000 58,459 41,954 16,505 12.4 8.9 3.5 8.4 1.90
2008 4,737,000 60,497 41,712 18,785 12.7 8.7 3.9 9.1 1.96
2009 4,799,000 61,807 41,449 20,358 12.8 8.6 4.2 8.1 1.98
2010 4,858,000 61,442 41,499 19,943 12.6 8.5 4.1 8.7 1.95
2011 4,920,000 60,220 41,393 18,827 12.1 8.3 3.8 9.6 1.88
2012 4,985,870 60,255 41,992 18,263 12.0 8.4 3.6 9.4 1.85
2013 5,051,000 58,995 41,282 17,713 11.7 8.1 3.6 8.0 1.78
2014 5,109,056 59,084 40,394 18,690 11.5 7.9 3.6 7.3 1.76
2015 5,165,000 59,058 40,727 18,331 11.4 7.9 3.5 5.7 1.73
2016 5,213,000 58,890 40,726 18,164 11.3 7.8 3.5 5.1 1.71
2017 5,258,000 56,633 40,774 15,859 10.8 7.8 3.0 4.2 1.62
2018 5,296,000 55,120 40,840 14,280 10.4 7.7 2.8 3.3 1.56
2019 5,328,000 54,495 40,684 13,811 10.2 7.6 2.6 4.8 1.53
2020 5,367,580 52,979 40,611 12,368 9.9 7.5 2.4 2.1 1.48
2021 5,391,369 56,060 42,002 14,058 10.3 7.7 2.6 3.7 1.55
2022 5,425,270 51,480 45,774 5,706 9.5 8.4 1.1 10.7 1.41
2023 5,488,984 51,980 43,803 8,177 9.5 8.0 1.5 9.7 1.40
2024 5,550,203 54,013 44,242 9,771 9.7 7.9 1.8 6.2 1.44
2025 5,594,340

Current vital statistics

Period Live births Deaths Natural increase
January—September 2024 41,858 32,675 +9,183
January—September 2025 43,029 33,292 +9,737
Difference Template:Increase +1,171 (+2.80%) Template:Increasenegative +617 (+1.89%) Template:Increase +554
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Structure of the population

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Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 2 495 777 2 484 178 4 979 955 100
0–4 159 582 150 941 310 523 6.24
5–9 153 598 147 027 300 625 6.04
10–14 160 122 152 496 312 618 6.28
15–19 167 701 156 981 324 682 6.52
20–24 167 828 161 709 329 537 6.62
25–29 163 754 157 417 321 171 6.45
30–34 166 578 158 663 325 241 6.53
35–39 180 904 171 104 352 008 7.07
40–44 191 483 181 708 373 191 7.49
45–49 180 834 169 703 350 537 7.04
50–54 165 233 157 496 322 729 6.48
55–59 154 029 150 306 304 335 6.11
60–64 144 699 141 620 286 319 5.75
65-69 122 740 124 711 247 451 4.97
70-74 78 850 87 830 166 680 3.35
75-79 58 013 72 196 130 209 2.61
80-84 44 024 64 219 108 243 2.17
85-89 25 608 48 449 74 057 1.49
90-94 8 769 23 474 32 243 0.65
95-99 1 310 5 515 6 825 0.14
100+ 118 613 731 0.01
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 473 302 450 464 923 766 18.55
15–64 1 683 043 1 606 707 3 289 750 66.06
65+ 339 432 427 007 766 439 15.39

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Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 2 719 259 2 672 110 5 391 369 100
0–4 145 601 137 359 282 960 5.25
5–9 159 283 151 290 310 573 5.76
10–14 168 372 159 686 328 058 6.08
15–19 162 027 154 172 316 199 5.86
20–24 175 181 163 240 338 421 6.28
25–29 188 300 178 586 366 886 6.81
30–34 194 118 186 717 380 835 7.06
35–39 184 221 174 068 358 289 6.65
40–44 178 970 168 819 347 789 6.45
45–49 190 410 181 392 371 802 6.90
50–54 191 985 182 852 374 837 6.95
55–59 173 436 165 890 339 326 6.29
60–64 156 396 153 256 309 652 5.74
65-69 138 714 140 153 278 867 5.17
70-74 128 576 132 553 261 129 4.84
75-79 89 829 99 510 189 339 3.51
80-84 52 310 66 637 118 947 2.21
85-89 27 577 43 785 71 362 1.32
90-94 11 272 23 771 35 043 0.65
95-99 2 457 7 328 9 785 0.18
100+ 224 1 046 1 270 0.02
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 473 256 448 335 921 591 17.09
15–64 1 795 044 1 708 992 3 504 036 64.99
65+ 450 959 514 783 965 742 17.91

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Ethnicity

Statistics Norway does not attempt to quantify or track data on ethnicity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The national population registry records only country of birth.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

As of 2012, an official government study shows that 81.0% of the total population were ethnic Norwegians (born in Norway with two parents also born in Norway).<ref name="ssb.no">Template:Cite web</ref>

Ethnically, the residents of Norway are predominantly Norwegians, a North Germanic ethnic group. In Northern Norway there is a population of Sámi people, who descend from people who probably settled the area a couple thousand years ago. The people who spoke the proto-Sámi language probably migrated from the Volga region in modern-day Russia in Eastern Europe through Finland, finally arriving in the northern portion of the Scandinavian peninsula where they would assimilate local Paleo-European hunter-gatherers who were already living in the region. The indigenous peoples and minorities of Norway include: Sámi, Scandinavian Romani, Roma, Jews, and Kvener, as well as a small Finnish community.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Immigration

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Net migration of Norway, 1999-present

Norway Migration Data
Year Immigration Emigration Net immigration
1999 41,841 22,842 +18,999
2000 36,542 26,854 +9,688
2001 34,264 26,309 +7,955
2002 40,122 22,948 +17,174
2003 35,957 24,672 +11,285
2004 36,482 23,271 +13,211
2005 40,148 21,709 +18,439
2006 45,776 22,053 +23,723
2007 61,774 22,122 +39,652
2008 66,961 23,615 +43,346
2009 65,186 26,549 +38,637
2010 73,852 31,506 +42,346
2011 79,498 32,466 +47,032
2012 78,570 31,227 +47,343
2013 75,789 35,716 +40,073
2014 70,030 31,875 +38,155
2015 67,276 37,474 +29,802
2016 66,800 40,724 +26,076
2017 58,192 36,843 +21,349
2018 52,485 34,382 +18,103
2019 52,153 26,826 +25,327
2020 38,075 26,744 +11,331
2021 53,947 34,297 +19,650
2022 90,475 32,536 +57,939
2023 86,589 34,011 +52,578
2024 66,077 31,968 +34,109
Norwegians of two Norwegian parents, either born abroad or in Norway, as a percentage proportionally and nationally in Norway as of 2021
Foreign born and their descendants in Norway in 2022
Norwegian and foreign born population pyramid in 2023

In the last decades, Norway has become home to increasing numbers of immigrants, foreign workers, and asylum-seekers from various parts of the world. Norway had a steady influx of immigrants from South Asia (mostly Pakistanis and Sri Lankans), East Asia (mainly Chinese), Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia (e.g. Filipinos), Eastern Europe (e.g. Russians) and Central Europe (e.g. Poles), Southern Europe (Greeks, Albanians and people from former Yugoslavia, Bosniaks, Serbs etc.), and Middle East countries (especially Kurdish Iraqis and Kurdish Iranians), as well as Somalis, Turks, Moroccans, and some Latin Americans. After ten Eastern European and Baltic countries joined the EU in 2004, there has also been a substantial influx of people from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

At the start of 2022, there were 819,356 immigrants and 205,819 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents in Norway, together constituting 18.9% of the total population.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> The same year, immigrants (and Norwegian born to immigrant parents) originating in the European Economic Area constituted 7.1% of the total number of Norwegian residents, while 6.3% were from Asia including Turkey and 2.7% were from Africa.<ref name=":1" />

Among people of African descent in Oslo, almost 60% are younger than 30, compared to 20% of those of North American background.<ref name="imdi">Fakta om innvandrebefolkningen i Oslo Template:Webarchive IMDi-rapport 5A-2007.</ref>

As of 2022, there are around 207,575 third generation immigrants in Norway.<ref name=":1" /> This means that at least one of their grandparents were born in a foreign country. The majority of these persons are of Western European and Northern European background with Sweden and Denmark accounting for 36,126 (17.4%) and 33,695 (16.2%) respectively.<ref name=":1" /> Other countries with significant third generation communities are the United States with 29,395 (14.1%), the United Kingdom with 17,882 (8.6%), Germany with 14,090 (6.8%), Finland with 6,213 (3%) and South Korea with 5,199 (2,5%).<ref name=":1" />

Of these 1,025,175 immigrants and their descendants (born in Norway with two foreign born parents):

  • 419,720 (41%)<ref name=":1" /> have a Western background (UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and the EU)
  • 88,192 (9%)<ref name=":1" /> have a different European background (e.g. Russia, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Switzerland are included here)
  • 29,515 (3%)<ref name=":1" /> have a background from Latin America and the Caribbean
  • 144,868 (14%)<ref name=":1" /> have an African background
  • 342,571 (33%)<ref name=":1" /> have an Asian background, including Turkey

In 2012, of the total 660 000 with immigrant background, 407,262 had Norwegian citizenship (62.2 percent).<ref name="SN2">"Three categories of immigration background, country of birth and citizenship by country background and sex. 1 January 2012 " Template:Webarchive. Statistics Norway. 26 April 2012. Accessed 27 April 2012. Archived 7 August 2011.</ref> Immigrants were represented in all Norwegian municipalities. The cities or municipalities with the highest share of immigrants in 2012 was Oslo (26 percent) and Drammen (18 percent).<ref name="innvbef">Innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre, 1. januar 2012 Template:Webarchive Statistics Norway, retrieved 30 March 2013</ref> The share in Stavanger was 16%.<ref name="innvbef" /> According to Reuters, Oslo is the "fastest growing city in Europe because of increased immigration".<ref>Hare, Sophie. "Factbox – facts about Norway". Reuters. 22 July 2011. Accessed 22 July 2011.</ref> In recent years, immigration has accounted for most of Norway's population growth.<ref name="imdi" />

Population Group Year
1970<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":19">Template:Cite web</ref> 1980<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" /> 1990<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" /> 2000<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" /> 2010<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" /> 2020<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" /> 2025<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Norwegians 3,795,534 98.24% 3,969,943 97.32% 4,047,528 95.61% 4,173,219 93.18% 4,275,120 87.99% 4,350,131 81.04% 4,357,635 77.89%
Norwegian born in Norway 3,732,091 96.60% 3,880,229 95.12% 3,931,143 92.86% 4,007,823 89.42% 4,031,805 82.98% Template:Font color 75.15% 4,007,857 71.64%
Foreign born to Norwegian born parents 10,544 0.27% 14,515 0.35% 16,004 0.37% 17,591 0.39% 36,688 0.75% 39,086 0.72% 39,190 0.70%
Norwegian born with one foreign-born parent 52,899 1.36% 75,199 1.84% 100,381 2.37% 147,805 3.30% 206,627 4.25% 277,085 5.16% 310,588 5.55%
Total: Immigrants 67,687 1.75% 108,957 2.67% 185,588 4.38% 305,278 6.81% 583,079 12% 1,017,449 18.95% 1,195,350 21.37%
Immigrants 57,041 1.47% 88,929 2.18% 150 973 3.56% 238,462 5.32% 459,346 9.45% 790,497 14.72% 965,113 17.25%
Norwegian born to immigrant parents 2,155 – 6,273 0.15% 17,325 0.40% 44,025 0.98% 92,967 1.91% 188,757 3.51% 230,237 4.12%
Foreign born with one Norwegian parent 8,491 0.21% 13,755 0.33% 17,290 0.40% 22,791 0.50% 30,766 0.63% 38,195 0.71% 41,355 0.74%
Total 3,863 221 100% 4,078,900 100% 4,233,116 100% 4,478,497 100% 4,858,199 100% 5,367,580 100% 5,594,340 100%
Rank Country of origin<ref>Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents</ref> Population (2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1. Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flag 128,968
2. Template:Flag 81,878
3. Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flag 51,356
4. Template:Flag 48,596
5. Template:Flag 44,072
6. Template:Flag 43,215
7. Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flag 40,985
8. Template:Flag 36,486
9. Template:Flag 35,189
10. Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flag 31,206
11. Template:Flag 29,406
12. Template:Flag 27,211
14. Template:Flag 26,196
13. Template:Flag 26,835
16. Template:Flag 24,400
17. Template:Flag 24,318
15. Template:Flag 24,463
18. Template:Flag 23.416
20. Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flag 20,395
19. Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flag 21,465
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by country background. 1 January<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Immigrants Norwegian-born to immigrant parents Immigrants in per cent of total population Norwegian-born to immigrant parents in per cent of total population
Total 965 113 230 237 17.3 4.1
Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand 394 988 54 409 7.1 1.0
Europe except EU/EFTA and UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions 570 124 175 829 10.2 3.1
Nordic countries except Norway 69 979 7 577 1.3 0.1
EU/EFTA until 2004 except the Nordic countries 92 438 9 563 1.7 0.2
New EU countries after 2004 216 749 36 204 3.9 0.6
Europe except for EU/EFTA/UK 148 071 25 252 2.6 0.5
Australia and New Zealand 2 608 92 0.0 0.0
Asia 282 408 98 804 5.0 1.8
Africa 110 488 47 517 2.0 0.8
America except USA and Canada 29 073 4 256 0.5 0.1
USA and Canada 13 214 973 0.2 0.0
Oceania except Australia and New Zealand 84 0 0.0 0.0

Employment and income

Unemployment, youth ages 15–24
total: 10.4%. Country comparison to the world: 125th
male: 11.7%
female: 9% (2017 est.)

Religion

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The Lutheran Church of Norway is the former state church and the vast majority remain at least nominal members. Other religions do, however, enjoy religious freedom and have prospered with immigration in recent years, particularly Islam and Roman Catholicism. Saint Olaf is the patron saint of Norway. He is regarded by some as the eternal king and has a reputation and place in history unchallenged by any other Norwegian King for the last 1000 years.

Religion Members Percent As of 2024<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Christianity 3,833,338 68,5%
The Church of Norway (Lutheran) 3,449,014 61,7%
Other Christianity 384,324 6.9%
Non-Christian religions 244,165 4.4%
Islam 197,390 3.5%
Buddhism 22,176 0.4%
Hinduism 14,320 0.3%
Sikhism 4,338 0.1%
Bahá'í Faith 1,049 0.0%
Judaism 763 0.0%
Other religions 4,129 0.1%
Non-religious and unknown 1,370,019 24.5%
Humanism 146,818 2.5%
Total 5,594,340 100.0%

Languages

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Norwegian (the written standards Bokmål and Nynorsk).
Uralic languages – South Sámi, Lule Sámi, North Sámi and Kven – are additional official languages of some municipalities.

See also

Notes

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References

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