| Population |
4,574,560 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 19.8% (male 462,899; female 440,725)
15-64 years: 65.4% (male 1,520,481; female 1,473,101)
65 years and over: 14.8% (male 284,170; female 393,184) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 37.9 years
male: 37 years
female: 38.8 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.41% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
11.89 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
9.51 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
1.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 4.11 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 79.25 years
male: 76.64 years
female: 82.01 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.78 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
1,800 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: norwegian(s)
adjective: norwegian |
| Ethnic groups |
Norwegian, Sami 20,000 |
| Religions |
Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10% (1997) |
| Languages |
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official)
note: small sami- and finnish-speaking minorities |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: kingdom of norway
conventional short form: norway
local short form: norge
local long form: kongeriket norge |