| Demographics of Norway | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Norway in 2021 | |
| Population |  5,475,240 (2022 est.) |
| Growth rate | 0.8% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate |  9.5 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Death rate |  8.4 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)[1] |
| Life expectancy | 82.55 years |
| • male | 80.42 years |
| • female | 84.79 years |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 children born/woman (2022) |
| Infant mortality rate | 2.31 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | 3.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 16.29% |
| 15–64 years | 64.81% |
| 65 and over |  18.90% |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 1.02 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.71 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Major ethnic | Norwegian or Sámi (75.49%) |
| Minor ethnic | Immigrants (19.23%) Others (5.28%) |
| Language | |
| Official | Norwegian and Sámi |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50,000 | — |
| 1000 | 200,000 | +0.14% |
| 1500 | 250,000 | +0.04% |
| 1665 | 440,000 | +0.34% |
| 1769 | 723,618 | +0.48% |
| 1801 | 883,603 | +0.63% |
| 1825 | 1,051,318 | +0.73% |
| 1835 | 1,194,827 | +1.29% |
| 1855 | 1,490,047 | +1.11% |
| 1875 | 1,813,424 | +0.99% |
| 1885 | 1,951,429 | +0.74% |
| 1895 | 2,097,328 | +0.72% |
| 1900 | 2,242,995 | +1.35% |
| 1910 | 2,390,402 | +0.64% |
| 1920 | 2,653,024 | +1.05% |
| 1930 | 2,815,164 | +0.59% |
| 1940 | 2,982,224 | +0.58% |
| 1950 | 3,280,296 | +0.96% |
| 1960 | 3,594,771 | +0.92% |
| 1970 | 3,888,305 | +0.79% |
| 1980 | 4,092,340 | +0.51% |
| 1990 | 4,249,830 | +0.38% |
| 2000 | 4,478,497 | +0.53% |
| 2010 | 4,858,199 | +0.82% |
| 2020 | 5,367,580 | +1.00% |
| Source: Statistics Norway [2] [3]. 2019:[2] | ||
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Population, 2019". Statistics Norway. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.