Demographics of Norway
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 features of the population
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 of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, including population density
Population density
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, ethnicity
Ethnic group
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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Total population

The total population of Norway on January 1st, 2011 was 4,920,305. Population growth in 2010 was 1.2%.

Population growth rate in 2010

  • Norway:1.2%

  • Northern Norway: 0.5%
  • Trøndelag
    Trøndelag
    Trøndelag is the name of a geographical region in the central part of Norway, consisting of the two counties Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag. The region is, together with Møre og Romsdal, part of a larger...

    :0.9%
  • Southern Norway:1.2%
  • Eastern Norway:1.3%
  • Western Norway:1.4%

Births and deaths

Average population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000)
1900 2 231 66 229 35 345 30 884 29.7 15.8 13.8
1901 2 255 67 303 33 821 33 482 29.8 15.0 14.8
1902 2 276 66 494 31 670 34 824 29.2 13.9 15.3
1903 2 288 65 470 33 847 31 623 28.6 14.8 13.8
1904 2 298 64 143 32 895 31 248 27.9 14.3 13.6
1905 2 309 62 601 34 050 28 551 27.1 14.7 12.4
1906 2 319 62 091 31 668 30 423 26.8 13.7 13.1
1907 2 329 61 302 33 345 27 957 26.3 14.3 12.0
1908 2 346 61 686 33 366 28 320 26.3 14.2 12.1
1909 2 368 63 324 32 111 31 213 26.7 13.6 13.2
1910 2 384 61 486 32 207 29 279 25.8 13.5 12.3
1911 2 401 61 727 31 691 30 036 25.7 13.2 12.5
1912 2 423 61 409 32 663 28 746 25.3 13.5 11.9
1913 2 447 61 294 32 442 28 852 25.0 13.3 11.8
1914 2 472 62 111 33 280 28 831 25.1 13.5 11.7
1915 2 498 58 975 33 425 25 550 23.6 13.4 10.2
1916 2 522 61 120 34 910 26 210 24.2 13.8 10.4
1917 2 551 63 969 34 699 29 270 25.1 13.6 11.5
1918 2 578 63 468 44 218 19 250 24.6 17.2 7.5
1919 2 603 59 486 35 821 23 665 22.9 13.8 9.1
1920 2 635 69 326 33 634 35 692 26.3 12.8 13.5
1921 2 668 64 610 30 698 33 912 24.2 11.5 12.7
1922 2 695 62 908 32 484 30 424 23.3 12.1 11.3
1923 2 713 61 731 31 543 30 188 22.8 11.6 11.1
1924 2 729 58 021 30 850 27 171 21.3 11.3 10.0
1925 2 747 54 066 30 481 23 585 19.7 11.1 8.6
1926 2 763 54 163 29 933 24 230 19.6 10.8 8.8
1927 2 775 50 175 31 141 19 034 18.1 11.2 6.9
1928 2 785 49 881 30 301 19 580 17.9 10.9 7.0
1929 2 795 48 372 32 023 16 349 17.3 11.5 5.8
1930 2 807 47 844 29 616 18 228 17.0 10.5 6.5
1931 2 824 45 989 30 674 15 315 16.3 10.9 5.4
1932 2 842 45 451 30 102 15 349 16.0 10.6 5.4
1933 2 858 42 114 28 943 13 171 14.7 10.1 4.6
1934 2 874 41 833 28 340 13 493 14.6 9.9 4.7
1935 2 889 41 321 29 747 11 574 14.3 10.3 4.0
1936 2 904 42 240 30 100 12 140 14.5 10.4 4.2
1937 2 919 43 808 30 217 13 591 15.0 10.4 4.7
1938 2 936 45 319 29 211 16 108 15.4 9.9 5.5
1939 2 954 46 603 29 870 16 733 15.8 10.1 5.7
1940 2 973 47 943 32 045 15 898 16.1 10.8 5.3
1941 2 990 45 773 32 209 13 564 15.3 10.8 4.5
1942 3 009 53 225 32 062 21 163 17.7 10.7 7.0
1943 3 032 57 281 31 623 25 658 18.9 10.4 8.5
1944 3 060 62 241 32 652 29 589 20.3 10.7 9.7
1945 3 091 61 814 30 030 31 784 20.0 9.7 10.3
1946 3 127 70 727 29 220 41 507 22.6 9.3 13.3
1947 3 165 67 625 29 894 37 731 21.4 9.4 11.9
1948 3 201 65 618 28 375 37 243 20.5 8.9 11.6
1949 3 234 63 052 29 082 33 970 19.5 9.0 10.5
1950 3 265 62 410 29 699 32 711 19.1 9.1 10.0
1951 3 296 60 571 27 736 32 835 18.4 8.4 10.0
1952 3 328 62 543 28 417 34 126 18.8 8.5 10.3
1953 3 361 62 985 28 412 34 573 18.7 8.5 10.3
1954 3 394 62 739 29 158 33 581 18.5 8.6 9.9
1955 3 427 63 552 29 099 34 453 18.5 8.5 10.1
1956 3 460 64 171 29 981 34 190 18.5 8.7 9.9
1957 3 492 63 063 30 560 32 503 18.1 8.8 9.3
1958 3 523 62 985 31 645 31 340 17.9 9.0 8.9
1959 3 553 63 005 31 761 31 244 17.7 8.9 8.8
1960 3 581 61 880 32 543 29 337 17.3 9.1 8.2
1961 3 610 62 555 33 313 29 242 17.3 9.2 8.1
1962 3 639 62 254 34 318 27 936 17.1 9.4 7.7
1963 3 667 63 290 36 850 26 440 17.3 10.0 7.2
1964 3 694 65 570 35 171 30 399 17.8 9.5 8.2
1965 3 723 66 277 35 317 30 960 17.8 9.5 8.3
1966 3 753 67 061 36 010 31 051 17.9 9.6 8.3
1967 3 785 66 779 36 216 30 563 17.6 9.6 8.1
1968 3 819 67 350 37 668 29 682 17.6 9.9 7.8
1969 3 851 67 746 38 994 28 752 17.6 10.1 7.5
1970 3 877 64 551 38 723 25 828 16.6 10.0 6.7
1971 3 903 65 550 38 981 26 569 16.8 10.0 6.8
1972 3 933 64 260 39 375 24 885 16.3 10.0 6.3
1973 3 961 61 208 39 958 21 250 15.5 10.1 5.4
1974 3 985 59 603 39 464 20 139 15.0 9.9 5.1
1975 4 007 56 345 40 061 16 284 14.1 10.0 4.1
1976 4 026 53 474 40 216 13 258 13.3 10.0 3.3
1977 4 043 50 877 39 824 11 053 12.6 9.9 2.7
1978 4 059 51 749 40 682 11 067 12.7 10.0 2.7
1979 4 073 51 580 41 632 9 948 12.7 10.2 2.4
1980 4 086 51 039 41 340 9 699 12.5 10.1 2.4
1981 4 100 50 708 41 893 8 815 12.4 10.2 2.2
1982 4 115 51 245 41 454 9 791 12.5 10.1 2.4
1983 4 128 49 937 42 224 7 713 12.1 10.2 1.9
1984 4 140 50 274 42 528 7 746 12.1 10.3 1.9
1985 4 153 51 134 44 372 6 762 12.3 10.7 1.6
1986 4 167 52 514 43 560 8 954 12.6 10.5 2.1
1987 4 187 54 027 44 959 9 068 12.9 10.7 2.2
1988 4 209 57 526 45 354 12 172 13.7 10.8 2.9
1989 4 227 59 303 45 173 14 130 14.0 10.7 3.3
1990 4 241 60 939 46 021 14 918 14.4 10.9 3.5
1991 4 262 60 808 44 923 15 885 14.3 10.5 3.7
1992 4 286 60 109 44 731 15 378 14.0 10.4 3.6
1993 4 312 59 678 46 597 13 081 13.8 10.8 3.0
1994 4 325 59 200 44 076 15 124 13.7 10.2 3.5
1995 4 359 60 292 45 190 15 102 13.8 10.4 3.5
1996 4 381 60 927 43 860 17 067 13.9 10.0 3.9
1997 4 405 59 801 44 595 15 206 13.6 10.1 3.5
1998 4 431 58 130 44 045 14 085 13.1 9.9 3.2
1999 4 462 59 191 45 139 14 052 13.3 10.1 3.1
2000 4 491 59 229 44 225 15 004 13.2 9.8 3.3
2001 4 514 56 674 44 153 12 521 12.6 9.8 2.8
2002 4 538 55 445 44 711 10 734 12.2 9.9 2.4
2003 4 565 56 496 42 788 13 708 12.4 9.4 3.0
2004 4 592 56 959 41 635 15 324 12.4 9.1 3.3
2005 4 623 56 756 41 232 15 524 12.3 8.9 3.4
2006 4 661 58 545 41 068 17 477 12.6 8.8 3.7
2007 4 709 58 459 41 954 16 505 12.4 8.9 3.5
2008 4 768 60 497 41 712 18 785 12.7 8.7 3.9
2009 4 829 61 807 41 449 20 358 12.8 8.6 4.2
2010 4 889 61 442 41 500 19 942 12.6 8.5 4.1
2011 4 920 - - - - - -

Total fertility rate

Norway has one of the highest fertility rates in Europe
Europe
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. Norwegian women had as many as 4.6 children in average in the late 19th century; more than ten children was not unusual. Later, it has decreased dramatically from 2.7 in the late 1960s to 1.6 in the early 1980s, however it has increased to almost 2.0 today.

1.98 children born/woman (2009)

1.96 born/woman (2010 est)
1968-1969 1971-1975 1976-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000 2001-2005 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2.72 2.24 1.77 1.68 1.82 1.88 1.85 1.80 1.84 1.90 1.90 1.96 1.98

County Fertility rate
Østfold
Østfold
is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

2.01
Akershus
Akershus
- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

1.99
Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

1.88
Hedmark
Hedmark
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...

1.92
Oppland
Oppland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....

1.87
Buskerud
Buskerud
is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...

1.91
Vestfold
Vestfold
is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...

1.84
Telemark
Telemark
is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

1.79
Aust-Agder
Aust-Agder
is a county in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal....

2.03
Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder
In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

2.16
Rogaland
Rogaland
is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...

2.18
Hordaland
Hordaland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

2.03
Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane
is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

2.10
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

2.13
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
- References :...

1.96
Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

2.12
Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

2.02
Troms
Troms
or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...

1.98
Finnmark
Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...

2.14


TFR for Norwegian residents by country of birth in 2004: Norway (1.8), Somalia (4.4), Iraq (4.3), Morocco (3.6), Pakistan (3.2), Turkey (2.3), Iran (1.6), Vietnam (2.0), Sri Lanka (2.7), India (1.8), and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.7). http://www.ssb.no/samfunnsspeilet/utg/200604/07/tab-2006-10-10-01.html

Ethnicity

Ethnically, the residents of Norway are predominantly ethnic Norwegians who are of North Germanic
Germanic peoples
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 / Nordic
Norsemen
Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who spoke what is now called the Old Norse language belonging to the North Germanic branch of Indo-European languages, especially Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish and Danish in their earlier forms.The meaning of Norseman was "people...

 descent, although there are communities of the Scandanivian native people Sami
Sami people
The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...

 who settled the area around 8,000 years ago, probably from continental Europe through the Norwegian coast and through Finland along the inland glaciers. The national minorities of Norway include Scandinavian Romani, Roma (“Gypsy”), Jews, and Kvener, as well as a small Finnish community.

In recent years, Norway has become home to increasing numbers of immigrants, foreign workers, and asylum-seekers from various parts of the world (mostly from Europe and Asia). Norway had a steady influx of immigrants from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, East Asia
East Asia
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 (mainly the Chinese
Han Chinese
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 and Filipinos
Filipino language
This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...

), Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...

 (i.e. Russians
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 from Russia), Southern Europe
Southern Europe
The term Southern Europe, at its most general definition, is used to mean "all countries in the south of Europe". However, the concept, at different times, has had different meanings, providing additional political, linguistic and cultural context to the definition in addition to the typical...

 (Greeks
Greeks
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, Albanians
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 from Kosovo
Kosovo
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, and former Yugoslavians), and Middle Eastern countries (Arabs
Arab diaspora
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, especially Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

is and Palestinians), as well as Somalis
Somali people
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, Turks
Turkish people
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, Moroccans, and some Latin Americans. After ten Eastern European and Baltic countries joined the EU in 2004, there has also been an influx of people from Poland, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

 and Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

.
Country of origin Population (2011)
 Poland 60,610
 Sweden 34,108
 Pakistan 31,884
 Iraq 27,827
 Somalia 27,523
 Germany 24,394
 Vietnam 20,452
 Denmark 19,522
 Iran 16,957
 Turkey 16,430
 Lithuania 16,309
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16,125
 Russia 15,879

Religion

The Lutheran Church of Norway
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...

 is the 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
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 and Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

. 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.

Official statistics (2010): Lutheran 80.6%, other Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 3.6% (mainly Protestant [1.3%] and Roman Catholic) [1.3%]), Islam
Islam in Norway
Islam is the largest minority religion in Norway, which consist between 2.0% and 3.4% of the population. In 2007, government statistics registered 79,068 members of Islamic congregations in Norway, about 10% more than in 2006. 56% lived in the counties of Oslo and Akershus...

 2.0%, other religions (Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...

 0.2%, Sikhism
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...

 0.0%, Hinduism
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...

 0.1%, and Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

 0.0%), Human Ethical
Humanism
Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....

 1.7%, none and unknown 13.2%.
Religion Members Percent As of 2010
Christianity
Christianity in Norway
Christianity is the largest religion in Norway. Norway has historically been called a Christian country, but according to the most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2005, only 32% of the Norwegian population say they believe there is a God. A majority of the population are members of the Church of Norway...

4,093,358 84.2%
Lutheranism
Christianity in Norway
Christianity is the largest religion in Norway. Norway has historically been called a Christian country, but according to the most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2005, only 32% of the Norwegian population say they believe there is a God. A majority of the population are members of the Church of Norway...

3,919,571 80.6%
Catholicism
Roman Catholicism in Norway
Roman Catholicism in Norway is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the Curia in Rome and the Scandinavian Bishops Conference.There are about 83,000 - 230,000 Catholics in the country, 70% of whom were born abroad...

66,972 1.3%
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism in Norway
Pentecostal congregations in Norway is the largest Protestant free church in Norway with a total membership at 39,590 people in 2009....

39,923 0.8%
Jehovah's Witnesses 11,640 0.2%
Methodism
Christianity in Norway
Christianity is the largest religion in Norway. Norway has historically been called a Christian country, but according to the most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2005, only 32% of the Norwegian population say they believe there is a God. A majority of the population are members of the Church of Norway...

11,082 0.2%
Baptism
Baptism in Norway
The Norwegian Baptist Union is a baptist community in Norway.Most countries have a number of Baptist societies or associations of Baptist churches. In Norway, we find only a Baptist community, but there are independent Baptist congregation outside the Baptist community, which is not organized as a...

9,749 0.2%
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy in Norway
Orthodoxy in Norway is a small minority religion in Norway with 8,492 official members in 2010, up from 2,315 in 2000.- History of the Orthodox Church in Norway :...

8,492 0.1%
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Adventism in Norway
Adventist congregations in Norway is a protestant free church in Norway with a total mempership of 5,086 people in 2009 in about 70 local churches....

5,136 0.1%
Other Christianity 20,793 0.4%
Non-Christian religions 121,321 2.4%
Islam
Islam in Norway
Islam is the largest minority religion in Norway, which consist between 2.0% and 3.4% of the population. In 2007, government statistics registered 79,068 members of Islamic congregations in Norway, about 10% more than in 2006. 56% lived in the counties of Oslo and Akershus...

98,953 2.0%
Buddhism
Buddhism in Norway
Buddhism in Norway has existed since the beginning of the 1970s, after immigration from countries with Buddhist populations, mainly Vietnam. Buddhistforbundet in Norway was established as a religious society in 1979 by two Buddhist groups who wanted to create a common organization to preserve...

13,376 0.2%
Hinduism
Hinduism in Norway
In Norway 0.1% of the total population are Hindus, of South Asian descent and around 75% of those are Tamil Hindus from Sri Lanka.-Ethnic Background of Hindus in Norway:...

5,175 0.1%
Sikhism
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...

1,037 0.02%
Bahá'í Faith
Bahá'í Faith in Norway
The Bahá'í Faith in Norway began with contact between traveling Scandinavians with early Persian believers of the Bahá'í Faith in the mid-to-late 19th century...

1,012 0.02%
Judaism 818 0.02%
Other religions 950 0.02%
Non-religious and unknown 643,520 13.2%
Humanism
Humanism
Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....

82,890 1.7%
Total 4,858,199 100.0%

Y-chromosome DNA

Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) represents the male lineage, The Norwegian Y-chromosome pool may be summarized as follows where haplogroups R1
Haplogroup R1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup R1 is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, a subgroup of haplogroup R, associated with the M173 mutation. It is dominated in practice by two very common Eurasian clades, R1a and R1b, which together are found all over Eurasia except in Southeast Asia and East Asia...

 & I
Haplogroup I (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup I is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, a subgroup of haplogroup IJ, itself a derivative of Haplogroup IJK....

 comprise generally more than 85% of the total chromosomes.
  • I
    Haplogroup I (Y-DNA)
    In human genetics, Haplogroup I is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, a subgroup of haplogroup IJ, itself a derivative of Haplogroup IJK....

     ~ 55%
  • R1
    Haplogroup R1 (Y-DNA)
    In human genetics, Haplogroup R1 is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, a subgroup of haplogroup R, associated with the M173 mutation. It is dominated in practice by two very common Eurasian clades, R1a and R1b, which together are found all over Eurasia except in Southeast Asia and East Asia...

     ~ 35%
  • NOP
    Haplogroup NOP (Y-DNA)
    In more detail, the following phylogenetic tree of haplogroup subclades is based on the YCC 2008 tree and subsequent published research.*K **M ***M****M1 ****M1*****M1a *****M1a*...

     ~ 5%
  • Other Haplogroups ~ 5%

Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA mtDNA represents the female lineage, Haplogroup H
Haplogroup H (mtDNA)
In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup H is a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup that likely originated in Southwest Asia 25,000-30,000 YBP.-Origin:...

 represent about 40% of the Norwegian mitochondrial DNA lineages
  • H
    Haplogroup H (mtDNA)
    In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup H is a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup that likely originated in Southwest Asia 25,000-30,000 YBP.-Origin:...

     ~ 40%
  • JT
    Haplogroup JT (mtDNA)
    In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup JT is a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup.-Origin:A descendant of the macro-haplogroup R, Haplogroup JT is the ancestral haplogroup to mitochondrial haplogroups J and T.-Tree:...

     ~ 23%
  • UK
    Haplogroup UK (mtDNA)
    In human genetics, Haplogroup UK was a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup. It is now known that K is a subclade of U8.-See also:*Genealogical DNA test*Genetic Genealogy*Human mitochondrial genetics*Population Genetics-External links:...

     ~ 22%
  • IWX ~ 5%
  • V
    Haplogroup V (mtDNA)
    In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup V is a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup.-Origin:Haplogroup V is believed to have originated around the Western Mediterranean region, approximately 13,600 years before present- possibly on Iberia...

     ~ 5%
  • Other lineages ~ 5%

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Population

( , )


1860: 1,583,525

1910: 2,376,952

1960: 3,570,554

2010: 4,858,199

2060?: 7,032,687

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Age structure

(2011 est.)

0–14 years: 18.8% (male 472,060; female 449,649)

15–64 years: 66.2% (male 1,662,852; female 1,593,501)

65 years and over: 15.0% (male 325,937; female 416,306)

Historical age structure

(1860 est.)

0–14 years: 35.9% (male 288,510; female 280,249)

15–64 years: 58.0% (male 446,391; female 472,405)

65 years and over: 6.1% (male 42,130; female 53,840)


(1910 est.)

0–14 years: 35.0% (male 423,253; female 408,204)

15–64 years: 57.3% (male 640,835; female 722,443)

65 years and over: 7.7% (male 82,312; female 99,905)


(1960 est.)

0–14 years: 26.0% (male 476,748; female 452,559)

15–64 years: 63.0% (male 1,125,525; female 1,123,206)

65 years and over: 11.0% (male 175,485; female 214,184)


(2010 est.)

0–14 years: 18.9% (male 470,253; female 447,472)

15–64 years: 66.2% (male 1,641,821; female 1,575,980)

65 years and over: 14.9% (male 314,678; female 407,995)


(2060 est.)

0–14 years: 17.4% (male 628,729; female 596,683)

15–64 years: 58.7% (male 2,114,792; female 2,016,030)

65 years and over: 23.9% (male 805,111; female 871,342)

Median age

(2010 est.)

total: 39.7 years

male: 38.8 years

female: 40.5 years

Population growth rate - comparative

Slightly higher than Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

 and Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

, but slightly lower than Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan...

 and New Zealand.

Urbanization

(2011 est.)

urban population: 79.2% of total population
(2005-10 est.)

rate of urbanization: 0.7% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

(2004 est.)

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 0.83 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

(2005)

total: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

(2010)

total population: 81.04 years

male: 78.85 years

female: 83.15 years

Official languages

Norwegian (the written standards Bokmål
Bokmål
Bokmål is one of two official Norwegian written standard languages, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by 85–90% of the population in Norway, and is the standard most commonly taught to foreign students of the Norwegian language....

 and Nynorsk
Nynorsk
Nynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...

).
Five Uralic languages
Uralic languages
The Uralic languages constitute a language family of some three dozen languages spoken by approximately 25 million people. The healthiest Uralic languages in terms of the number of native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Mari and Udmurt...

 – Finnish, South Sami, Lule Sami
Lule Sami
Lule Sami is a Uralic, Sami language spoken in Lule Lappmark, i.e., around Luleå, Sweden and in the northern parts of Nordland county in Norway, especially Tysfjord municipality, where Lule Sami is an official language...

, North Sami and Kven
Kven language
The Kven language is a Finnic language spoken in Northern Norway by the Kven people. For political and historical reasons it received the status of a minority language in 2005 within the framework of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 – are additional official languages of some municipalities.

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 100%

male: NA%

female: NA%

See also

  • Norway
  • Norsk Wikipedia (Nynorsk)
  • Norsk Wikipedia (Bokmål)
  • Demographics of Svalbard
  • Aging of Europe
    Aging of Europe
    The Ageing of Europe, also known as the greying of Europe, is a demographic phenomenon in Europe characterized by a decrease in fertility, a decrease in mortality rate, and a higher life expectancy among Europeans.-Overall trends:...

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