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This article is about the demographic

Demographics

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features of the population

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

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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

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, East Asia

East Asia

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(mainly the Chinese

Han Chinese

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and Filipinos

Filipino language

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), Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

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(i.e. Russians

Russians

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from Russia), Southern Europe

Southern Europe

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(Greeks

Greeks

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, Albanians

Albanians

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from Kosovo

Kosovo

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, and former Yugoslavians), and Middle Eastern countries (Arabs

Arab diaspora

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, especially Iraq

Iraq

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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

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, Latvia

Latvia

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and Lithuania

Lithuania

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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

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and Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholic Church

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. 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

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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

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0.2%, Sikhism

Sikhism

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0.0%, Hinduism

Hinduism

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0.1%, and Judaism

Judaism

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0.0%), Human Ethical

Humanism

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1.7%, none and unknown 13.2%.

Religion	Members	Percent
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

RAWRRAWRRAWR

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%

Total population

Population growth rate in 2010

Births and deaths

Total fertility rate

Ethnicity

Religion

Y-chromosome DNA

Mitochondrial DNA

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

Population

Age structure

Historical age structure

Median age

Population growth rate - comparative

Urbanization

Sex ratio

Infant mortality rate

Life expectancy at birth

Official languages

Literacy

See also