Editing Demographics of Norway

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox place demographics
 | place             = [[Norway]]
 |image              = Norway population pyramid.svg
 |image_size         = 350
 |caption            = [[Population pyramid]] of [[Norway]] in 2021
 |size_of_population = {{increase}} 5,475,240 (2022 est.)
 |age_0–14_years     = {{decrease}} 16.29%
 |age_15-64_years    = {{decrease}} 64.81%
 |age_65_years       = {{increaseNegative}} 18.90%
 |growth             = {{increase}} 0.8% (2022 est.)
 |birth              = {{decrease}} 9.5 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
 |death              = {{decreasePositive}} 8.4 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)[https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/befolkning]
 |net_migration      = {{increase}} 3.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
 |sr_at_birth        = 1.05 male(s)/female
 |sr_under_15        = 1.05 male(s)/female
 |sr_65_years_over   = 0.71 male(s)/female
 |total_mf_ratio     = 1.02 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
 |infant_mortality   = {{decreasePositive}} 2.31 deaths/1,000 live births
 |life               = {{increase}} 82.55 years
 |life_male          = {{increase}} 80.42 years
 |life_female        = {{increase}} 84.79 years
 |fertility          = {{decrease}} 1.41 children born/woman (2022)
<!-- nationality -->
 |nation             = Norwegian
|major_ethnic      = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] (77.0%)    
{{tree list/end}}
}}
|minor_ethnic     = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Polish people|Poles]] (2.2%)
* [[Swedes]] (1.7%)
* [[Ukrainians]] (1.3%)
* [[Finns]] (1.2%)
* [[Sámi people|Sámi People]] (1.1%)
* [[Danes]] (1%)
* [[Lithuanians]] (1%)
* [[Somalis]] (0.8%)
* [[Pakistanis]] (0.7%)
* [[Syrians]] (0.7%)
* [[Thai People]] (0.7%)
* [[Iraqis]] (0.7)%
* [[Germans]] (0.6%)
* [[Eritreans]] (0.6%)
* [[Vietnamese people]] (0.5%)
* [[Iranian diaspora]] (0.4%)
* [[Russians]] (0.4%)
* [[Turkish people]] (0.4%)
* [[Afghans]] (0.4%)
* [[Filipinos]] (0.3%)
* [[Latvians]] (0.3%)
* [[British people]] (0.3%)
* [[Indian people]] (0.3%)
* [[Estonians]] (0.1%)
{{tree list/end}}
}}
<!-- language -->
 | official          = [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] and [[Sámi languages|Sámi]]
}}
[[File:Population graph for Norway.svg|351x351px|thumb|Total population in Norway 1735–2017, in millions<ref name="ssb05803">Data from [[Statistics Norway]] table 05803: [https://www.ssb.no/en/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>]]
{{Historical populations
| percentages = pagr
|footnote = '''Source''': [http://www.ssb.no/fob2001/nos_d316/ Statistics Norway] [http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/02/folkendrhist/tabeller/tab/00.html] [http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/03/folkfram/tab-2009-06-11-06.html]. 2019:<ref name="pop_2019_estimate">{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/kvartal|title=Population, 2019|publisher=Statistics Norway|date=22 February 2019|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327092415/https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/kvartal|url-status=live}}</ref>
|shading = off
|1|50000
|1000|200000
|1500|250000
|1665|440000
|1769|723618
|1801|883603
|1825|1051318
|1835|1194827
|1855|1490047
|1875|1813424
|1885|1951429
|1895|2097328
|1900|2242995
|1910|2390402
|1920|2653024
|1930|2815164
|1940|2982224
|1950|3280296
|1960|3594771
|1970|3888305
|1980|4092340
|1990|4249830
|2000|4478497
|2010|4858199
|2020|5367580
}}
[[demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Norway]], including [[Jan Mayen#Status|Jan Mayen]], and [[Svalbard]], where the hospital is not equipped for births, and no burials are allowed because of [[permafrost]], include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, [[Religion in Norway|religious affiliations]] and other aspects.
[[File:Deaths over time in Norway.svg|thumb|350px|Deaths over time in Norway]]

The population of Norway was around 5.5 million in 2023.

==Historical populations==

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

The [[1769 census (Denmark–Norway)|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 [[Norwegian Americans|American immigration]] between 1825 - 1925 when more than 800,000 left Norway.

By 1905, when [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden|Norway reached full independence]], the population was 2,303,595.

==Population==

The total population of Norway on 1 July 2023 was 5,514,042.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Befolkning|url=https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/befolkning|access-date=5 June 2021|website=SSB|language=nn|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614221115/https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/befolkning|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Statistics Norway]] estimated that the 5,000,000 milestone was reached on 19 March 2012.<ref name="berglund">Nina Berglund: [http://www.newsinenglish.no/2012/03/18/norwegians-now-number-5-million/ Norwegians now number 5 million] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119052354/http://www.newsinenglish.no/2012/03/18/norwegians-now-number-5-million/ |date=19 January 2021 }} News in English, 18 March 2012</ref>

The following demographic statistics are from the World Population Review.<ref name="WPR2008">{{citation |title=World Population Review: Norway Population 2018 |date=14 June 2018 |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/norway-population/ |access-date=26 July 2018 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726103711/http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/norway-population/ |url-status=live }}</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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| y1= 2.23, 2.25, 2.28, 2.29, 2.3, 2.31, 2.32, 2.33, 2.35, 2.37, 2.38, 2.4, 2.42, 2.45, 2.47, 2.5, 2.52, 2.55, 2.58, 2.6, 2.64, 2.67, 2.7, 2.71, 2.73, 2.75, 2.76, 2.78, 2.79, 2.8, 2.81, 2.82, 2.84, 2.86, 2.87, 2.89, 2.9, 2.92, 2.94, 2.95, 2.97, 2.99, 3.01, 3.03, 3.06, 3.09, 3.13, 3.17, 3.2, 3.23, 3.27, 3.3, 3.33, 3.36, 3.39, 3.43, 3.46, 3.49, 3.52, 3.55, 3.58, 3.61, 3.64, 3.67, 3.69, 3.72, 3.75, 3.79, 3.82, 3.85, 3.88,3.9, 3.93, 3.96, 3.99, 4.01, 4.03, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07, 4.09, 4.1, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.17,4.19, 4.21, 4.23, 4.24, 4.26, 4.29,4.31, 4.33, 4.36, 4.38, 4.41, 4.43, 4.46, 4.49, 4.51, 4.54, 4.57, 4.59, 4.62, 4.66, 4.71, 4.77, 4.83, 4.89, 4.95, 5.02, 5.08, 5.14, 5.17, 5.21, 5.26, 5.3, 5.33, 5.37, 5.39, 5.43, 5.49
 
| y1Title= population (million)
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| y1= 13.8,14.8,15.3,13.8,13.6,12.4,13.1,12.0,12.1,13.2,12.3,12.5,11.9,11.8,11.7,10.2,10.4,11.5,7.5,9.1,13.5,12.7,11.3,11.1,10.0,8.6,8.8,6.9,7.0,5.8,6.5,5.4,5.4,4.6,4.7,4.0,4.2,4.7,5.5,5.7,5.3,4.5,7.0,8.5,9.7,10.3,13.3,11.9,11.6,10.5,10.0,10.0,10.3,10.3,9.9,10.1,9.9,9.3,8.9,8.8,8.2,8.1,7.7,7.2,8.2,8.3,8.3,8.1,7.8,7.5,6.7,6.8,6.3,5.4,5.1,4.1,3.3,2.7,2.7,2.4,2.4,2.2,2.4,1.9,1.9,1.6,2.1,2.2,2.9,3.3,3.5,3.7,3.6,3.0,3.5,3.5,3.9,3.5,3.2,3.1,3.3,2.8,2.4,3.0,3.3,3.4,3.7,3.5,3.9,4.2,4.1,3.8,3.6,3.6,3.6,3.5,3.5,3.0,2.8,2.6,2.4, 2.6, 1.0
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| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
| y2Title=Crude migration change (per 1000)
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| yAxisTitle= TFR
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| y1= 4.40,4.37,4.26,4.16,4.07,3.95,3.92,3.87,3.87,3.96,3.82,3.80,3.72,3.64,3.62,3.37,3.43,3.53,3.44,3.17,3.61,3.31,3.18,3.09,2.85,2.61,2.59,2.38,2.34,2.23,2.19,2.07,2.04,1.86,1.82,1.78,1.84,1.84,1.88,2.00,1.95,1.83,2.11,2.26,2.45,2.43,2.77,2.66,2.62,2.52,2.46,2.47,2.58,2.64,2.67,2.76,2.83,2.83,2.86,2.88,2.85,2.91,2.89,2.91,2.95,2.89,2.86,2.82,2.76,2.70,2.61,2.51,2.37,2.28,2.15,2.00,1.88,1.77,1.79,1.77,1.74,1.70,1.71,1.67,1.66,1.68,1.71,1.80,1.84,1.89,1.93,1.92,1.88,1.86,1.87,1.87,1.89,1.87,1.81,1.85,1.85,1.78,1.75,1.80,1.83,1.84,1.90,1.90,1.96,1.98,1.95,1.88,1.85,1.78,1.76,1.73,1.71,1.62,1.56,1.53,1.48, 1.55

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! [[Fylke|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===
[[File:Total fertility rate of Norway overtime to 2016.svg|thumb|409x409px|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">{{citation|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1800&country=NOR|title=Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries|author=Max Roser|date=2014|work=[[Our World In Data]], [[Gapminder Foundation]]|access-date=7 August 2018|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807220310/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1800&country=NOR|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Arnt og Ane Martha Solem med familie (14285279567).jpg|thumb|225px|A large size Norwegian nuclear family in 1890]]
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1800!!1801!!1802!!1803!!1804!!1805!!1806!!1807!!1808!!1809!!1810<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.32|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.07|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.91|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.2|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.94|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.33|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.39|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.21|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.87
|}
[[File:Annual population growth of Norway.svg|300px|thumb|Annual [[population growth]] in Norway 1951–2016, in thousands<ref name="ssb05803" />
{{Col-begin}}{{Col-2}}{{legend|#FFA500|Natural growth}}{{Col-2}}{{legend|#4DBD33|Total growth}}{{Col-end}}
]]
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1811!!1812!!1813!!1814!!1815!!1816!!1817!!1818!!1819!!1820<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.99|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.26|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.76|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.53|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.05|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.67|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.43|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.59|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.79
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1821!!1822!!1823!!1824!!1825!!1826!!1827!!1828!!1829!!1830<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.74|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.88|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.67|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.94|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.01|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.61|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.58|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.84|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.65
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1831!!1832!!1833!!1834!!1835!!1836!!1837!!1838!!1839!!1840<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.46|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.3|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.42|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.56|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.7|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.23|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.13|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.36|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.84|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.01
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1841!!1842!!1843!!1844!!1845!!1846!!1847!!1848!!1849!!1850<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |[[Total Fertility Rate]] in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.29|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.42|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.34|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.49|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.43|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.28|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.61|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.45
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1851!!1852!!1853!!1854!!1855!!1856!!1857!!1858!!1859!!1860<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.6|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.46|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.6|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.93|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.61|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.42|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.54|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.62|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.82|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.63
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1861!!1862!!1863!!1864!!1865!!1866!!1867!!1868!!1869!!1870<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.3|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.52|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.69|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.55|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.6|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.61|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.38|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.3|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.22|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.26
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1871!!1872!!1873!!1874!!1875!!1876!!1877!!1878!!1879!!1880<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.29|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.41|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.59|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.67|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.68|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.69|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.64|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.71|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.53
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1881!!1882!!1883!!1884!!1885!!1886!!1887!!1888!!1889!!1890<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.4|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.47|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.51|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.59|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.56|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.48|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.56|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.42|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.43
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !!1891!!1892!!1893!!1894!!1895!!1896!!1897!!1898!!1899<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| align="left" |Total Fertility Rate in Norway|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.51|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.35|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.47|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.38|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.52|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.47|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.48|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.53|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.47
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! [[Fylke|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 ===

{{update section|date=June 2021}}

Sources: [[Our World In Data]] and the [[United Nations]].

'''1843–1950'''

{| class="wikitable"
!Years
!1846
!1847
!1848
!1849
!1850
!1851
!1852
!1853
!1854
!1855
!1856
!1857
!1858
!1859
!1860<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 |access-date=28 August 2018 |website=Our World in Data |archive-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072115/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 |url-status=live }}</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
|}
[[File:Life expectancy in Norway.svg|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy]] in Norway since 1846]]

{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!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'''
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Norway -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Norway since 1960 by gender]]
[[File:Norway population pyramid.gif|thumb|upright=1.7|Animated population pyramid of Norway since 1846. With Emigrants represented by lighter colors and immigrants represented in gray.]]
[[File:Norway population density per municipality in 2016-no.svg|thumb|270px|Population density map of municipalities in Norway from 2016]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/en|title=Home|website=ssb.no|access-date=20 July 2017|archive-date=26 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326092228/https://www.ssb.no/en|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
!
! width="80pt" |Average population (January 1)
! width="80pt" |Live births
! width="80pt" |Deaths
! width="80pt" |Natural change
! width="80pt" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="80pt" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="80pt" |Natural change (per 1000)
! width="80pt" |Crude migration change (per 1000)
! width="80pt" |[[Total Fertility Rate|Total fertility rates]]{{refn|group=fn|In fertility rates, 2.1 and above is a stable population and has been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an aging population and the result is that the population decreases. }}<ref name="ourworldindata.org" /><ref name="cia.gov">{{citation |title=World Factbook Europe: Norway |date=12 July 2018 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/norway/ |work=[[The World Factbook]] |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=11 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111023530/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/norway/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1900
| align="right" | 2,231,000
| align="right" | 66,229
| align="right" | 35,345
| align="right" | 30,884
| align="right" | 29.7
| align="right" | 15.8
| align="right" | 13.8
| -3.1
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.40
|-
| 1901
| align="right" | 2,255,000
| align="right" | 67,303
| align="right" | 33,821
| align="right" | 33,482
| style=" color:blue;"| 29.8
| align="right" | 15.0
| align="right" | 14.8
| -5.5
| style=" color:blue;"|4.37
|-
| 1902
| align="right" | 2,276,000
| align="right" | 66,494
| align="right" | 31,670
| align="right" | 34,824
| align="right" | 29.2
| align="right" | 13.9
| style="color:blue;"| 15.3
| style="color:red;" |-10.0
| style="color:blue;" |4.26
|-
| 1903
| align="right" | 2,288,000
| align="right" | 65,470
| align="right" | 33,847
| align="right" | 31,623
| align="right" | 28.6
| align="right" | 14.8
| align="right" | 13.8
| -9.5
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.16
|-
| 1904
| align="right" | 2,298,000
| align="right" | 64,143
| align="right" | 32,895
| align="right" | 31,248
| align="right" | 27.9
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 13.6
| -8.8
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.07
|-
| 1905
| align="right" | 2,309,000
| align="right" | 62,601
| align="right" | 34,050
| align="right" | 28,551
| align="right" | 27.1
| align="right" | 14.7
| align="right" | 12.4
| -8.0
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.95
|-
| 1906
| align="right" | 2,319,000
| align="right" | 62,091
| align="right" | 31,668
| align="right" | 30,423
| align="right" | 26.8
| align="right" | 13.7
| align="right" | 13.1
| -8.8
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.92
|-
| 1907
| align="right" | 2,329,000
| align="right" | 61,302
| align="right" | 33,345
| align="right" | 27,957
| align="right" | 26.3
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 12.0
| -4.7
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.87
|-
| 1908
| align="right" | 2,346,000
| align="right" | 61,686
| align="right" | 33,366
| align="right" | 28,320
| align="right" | 26.3
| align="right" | 14.2
| align="right" | 12.1
| -2.7
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.87
|-
| 1909
| align="right" | 2,368,000
| align="right" | 63,324
| align="right" | 32,111
| align="right" | 31,213
| align="right" | 26.7
| align="right" | 13.6
| align="right" | 13.2
| -6.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.96
|-
| 1910
| align="right" | 2,384,000
| align="right" | 61,486
| align="right" | 32,207
| align="right" | 29,279
| align="right" | 25.8
| align="right" | 13.5
| align="right" | 12.3
| -5.2
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.82
|-
| 1911
| align="right" | 2,401,000
| align="right" | 61,727
| align="right" | 31,691
| align="right" | 30,036
| align="right" | 25.7
| align="right" | 13.2
| align="right" | 12.5
| -3.3
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.80
|-
| 1912
| align="right" | 2,423,000
| align="right" | 61,409
| align="right" | 32,663
| align="right" | 28,746
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 13.5
| align="right" | 11.9
| -2.0
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.72
|-
| 1913
| align="right" | 2,447,000
| align="right" | 61,294
| align="right" | 32,442
| align="right" | 28,852
| align="right" | 25.0
| align="right" | 13.3
| align="right" | 11.8
| -1.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.64
|-
| 1914
| align="right" | 2,472,000
| align="right" | 62,111
| align="right" | 33,280
| align="right" | 28,831
| align="right" | 25.1
| align="right" | 13.5
| align="right" | 11.7
| -1.1
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.62
|-
| 1915
| align="right" | 2,498,000
| align="right" | 58,975
| align="right" | 33,425
| align="right" | 25,550
| align="right" | 23.6
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" | 10.2
| -0.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.37
|-
| 1916
| align="right" | 2,522,000
| align="right" | 61,120
| align="right" | 34,910
| align="right" | 26,210
| align="right" | 24.2
| align="right" | 13.8
| align="right" | 10.4
| 1.1
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.43
|-
| 1917
| align="right" | 2,551,000
| align="right" | 63,969
| align="right" | 34,699
| align="right" | 29,270
| align="right" | 25.1
| align="right" | 13.6
| align="right" | 11.5
| -0.9
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.53
|-
| 1918
| align="right" | 2,578,000
| align="right" | 63,468
| align="right" | 44,218
| align="right" | 19,250
| align="right" | 24.6
| style="color:red;" | 17.2
| align="right" | 7.5
| 2.2
| style="color:blue;" |3.44
|-
| 1919
| align="right" | 2,603,000
| align="right" | 59,486
| align="right" | 35,821
| align="right" | 23,665
| align="right" | 22.9
| align="right" | 13.8
| align="right" | 9.1
| 3.2
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.17
|-
| 1920
| align="right" | 2,635,000
| align="right" | 69,326
| align="right" | 33,634
| align="right" | 35,692
| align="right" | 26.3
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" | 13.5
| -1.0
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.61
|-
| 1921
| align="right" | 2,668,000
| align="right" | 64,610
| align="right" | 30,698
| align="right" | 33,912
| align="right" | 24.2
| align="right" | 11.5
| align="right" | 12.7
| -2.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.31
|-
| 1922
| align="right" | 2,695,000
| align="right" | 62,908
| align="right" | 32,484
| align="right" | 30,424
| align="right" | 23.3
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 11.3
| -4.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.18
|-
| 1923
| align="right" | 2,713,000
| align="right" | 61,731
| align="right" | 31,543
| align="right" | 30,188
| align="right" | 22.8
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 11.1
| -5.2
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.09
|-
| 1924
| align="right" | 2,729,000
| align="right" | 58,021
| align="right" | 30,850
| align="right" | 27,171
| align="right" | 21.3
| align="right" | 11.3
| align="right" | 10.0
| -3.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.85
|-
| 1925
| align="right" | 2,747,000
| align="right" | 54,066
| align="right" | 30,481
| align="right" | 23,585
| align="right" | 19.7
| align="right" | 11.1
| align="right" | 8.6
| -2.8
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.61
|-
| 1926
| align="right" | 2,763,000
| align="right" | 54,163
| align="right" | 29,933
| align="right" | 24,230
| align="right" | 19.6
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 8.8
| -4.5
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.59
|-
| 1927
| align="right" | 2,775,000
| align="right" | 50,175
| align="right" | 31,141
| align="right" | 19,034
| align="right" | 18.1
| align="right" | 11.2
| align="right" | 6.9
| -3.3
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.38
|-
| 1928
| align="right" | 2,785,000
| align="right" | 49,881
| align="right" | 30,301
| align="right" | 19,580
| align="right" | 17.9
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 7.0
| -3.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.34
|-
| 1929
| align="right" | 2,795,000
| align="right" | 48,372
| align="right" | 32,023
| align="right" | 16,349
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 11.5
| align="right" | 5.8
| -1.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.23
|-
| 1930
| align="right" | 2,807,000
| align="right" | 47,844
| align="right" | 29,616
| align="right" | 18,228
| align="right" | 17.0
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 6.5
| -0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.19
|-
| 1931
| align="right" | 2,824,000
| align="right" | 45,989
| align="right" | 30,674
| align="right" | 15,315
| align="right" | 16.3
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 5.4
| 1.0
| align="right" | 2.07
|-
| 1932
| align="right" | 2,842,000
| align="right" | 45,451
| align="right" | 30,102
| align="right" | 15,349
| align="right" | 16.0
| align="right" | 10.6
| align="right" | 5.4
| 0.2
| align="right" | 2.04
|-
| 1933
| align="right" | 2,858,000
| align="right" | 42,114
| align="right" | 28,943
| align="right" | 13,171
| align="right" | 14.7
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 4.6
| 1.0
| align="right" | 1.86
|-
| 1934
| align="right" | 2,874,000
| align="right" | 41,833
| align="right" | 28,340
| align="right" | 13,493
| align="right" | 14.6
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 4.7
| 0.5
| align="right" | 1.82
|-
| 1935
| align="right" | 2,889,000
| style="color: red" align="right" | 41,321
| align="right" | 29,747
| align="right" | 11,574
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 4.0
| 1.2
| align="right" | 1.78
|-
| 1936
| align="right" | 2,904,000
| align="right" | 42,240
| align="right" | 30,100
| align="right" | 12,140
| align="right" | 14.5
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 4.2
| 1.0
| align="right" | 1.84
|-
| 1937
| align="right" | 2,919,000
| align="right" | 43,808
| align="right" | 30,217
| align="right" | 13,591
| align="right" | 15.0
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 4.7
| 1.1
| align="right" | 1.84
|-
| 1938
| align="right" | 2,936,000
| align="right" | 45,319
| align="right" | 29,211
| align="right" | 16,108
| align="right" | 15.4
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 5.5
| 0.6
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| 1939
| align="right" | 2,954,000
| align="right" | 46,603
| align="right" | 29,870
| align="right" | 16,733
| align="right" | 15.8
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 5.7
| 0.7
| align="right" | 2.00
|-
| 1940
| align="right" | 2,973,000
| align="right" | 47,943
| align="right" | 32,045
| align="right" | 15,898
| align="right" | 16.1
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 5.3
| 0.4
| align="right" | 1.95
|-
| 1941
| align="right" | 2,990,000
| align="right" | 45,773
| align="right" | 32,209
| align="right" | 13,564
| align="right" | 15.3
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 4.5
| 1.9
| align="right" | 1.83
|-
| 1942
| align="right" | 3,009,000
| align="right" | 53,225
| align="right" | 32,062
| align="right" | 21,163
| align="right" | 17.7
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 7.0
| 0.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.11
|-
| 1943
| align="right" | 3,032,000
| align="right" | 57,281
| align="right" | 31,623
| align="right" | 25,658
| align="right" | 18.9
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 8.5
| 0.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.26
|-
| 1944
| align="right" | 3,060,000
| align="right" | 62,241
| align="right" | 32,652
| align="right" | 29,589
| align="right" | 20.3
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 9.7
| 0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.45
|-
| 1945
| align="right" | 3,091,000
| align="right" | 61,814
| align="right" | 30,030
| align="right" | 31,784
| align="right" | 20.0
| align="right" | 9.7
| align="right" | 10.3
| 1.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.43
|-
| 1946
| align="right" | 3,127,000
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 70,727
| align="right" | 29,220
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 41,507
| align="right" | 22.6
| align="right" | 9.3
| align="right" | 13.3
| -1.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.77
|-
| 1947
| align="right" | 3,165,000
| align="right" | 67,625
| align="right" | 29,894
| align="right" | 37,731
| align="right" | 21.4
| align="right" | 9.4
| align="right" | 11.9
| -0.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.66
|-
| 1948
| align="right" | 3,201,000
| align="right" | 65,618
| align="right" | 28,375
| align="right" | 37,243
| align="right" | 20.5
| align="right" | 8.9
| align="right" | 11.6
| -1.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.62
|-
| 1949
| align="right" | 3,234,000
| align="right" | 63,052
| align="right" | 29,082
| align="right" | 33,970
| align="right" | 19.5
| align="right" | 9.0
| align="right" | 10.5
| -0.9
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.52
|-
| 1950
| align="right" | 3,265,000
| align="right" | 62,410
| align="right" | 29,699
| align="right" | 32,711
| align="right" | 19.1
| align="right" | 9.1
| align="right" | 10.0
| -5.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.46
|-
| 1951
| align="right" | 3,280,000 <ref>[https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/tableViewLayout1/ Statistics Norway, 06913: Population and population changes, by region, year and contents, visited september 29 2023]</ref>
| align="right" | 60,571
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 27,736
| align="right" | 32,835
| align="right" | 18.4
| align="right" | 8.4
| align="right" | 10.0
| -0.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.47
|-
| 1952
| align="right" | 3,311,000
| align="right" | 62,543
| align="right" | 28,417
| align="right" | 34,126
| align="right" | 18.8
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" | 10.3
| -0.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.58
|-
| 1953
| align="right" | 3,343,000
| align="right" | 62,985
| align="right" | 28,412
| align="right" | 34,573
| align="right" | 18.7
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" | 10.3
| -0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.64
|-
| 1954
| align="right" | 3,376,000
| align="right" | 62,739
| align="right" | 29,158
| align="right" | 33,581
| align="right" | 18.5
| align="right" | 8.6
| align="right" | 9.9
| -0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.67
|-
| 1955
| align="right" | 3,408,000
| align="right" | 63,552
| align="right" | 29,099
| align="right" | 34,453
| align="right" | 18.5
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" | 10.1
| 1.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.76
|-
| 1956
| align="right" | 3,446,000
| align="right" | 64,171
| align="right" | 29,981
| align="right" | 34,190
| align="right" | 18.5
| align="right" | 8.7
| align="right" | 9.9
| -0.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.83
|-
| 1957
| align="right" | 3,478,000
| align="right" | 63,063
| align="right" | 30,560
| align="right" | 32,503
| align="right" | 18.1
| align="right" | 8.8
| align="right" | 9.3
| -0.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.83
|-
| 1958
| align="right" | 3,510,000
| align="right" | 62,985
| align="right" | 31,645
| align="right" | 31,340
| align="right" | 17.9
| align="right" | 9.0
| align="right" | 8.9
| -0.1
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.86
|-
| 1959
| align="right" | 3,541,000
| align="right" | 63,005
| align="right" | 31,761
| align="right" | 31,244
| align="right" | 17.7
| align="right" | 8.9
| align="right" | 8.8
| -0.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.88
|-
| 1960
| align="right" | 3,571,000
| align="right" | 61,880
| align="right" | 32,543
| align="right" | 29,337
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 9.1
| align="right" | 8.2
| -1.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.85
|-
| 1961
| align="right" | 3,595,000
| align="right" | 62,555
| align="right" | 33,313
| align="right" | 29,242
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 9.2
| align="right" | 8.1
| 0.2
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.91
|-
| 1962
| align="right" | 3,625,000
| align="right" | 62,254
| align="right" | 34,318
| align="right" | 27,936
| align="right" | 17.1
| align="right" | 9.4
| align="right" | 7.7
| 0
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.89
|-
| 1963
| align="right" | 3,653,000
| align="right" | 63,290
| align="right" | 36,850
| align="right" | 26,440
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 7.2
| 0.2
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.91
|-
| 1964
| align="right" | 3,680,000
| align="right" | 65,570
| align="right" | 35,171
| align="right" | 30,399
| align="right" | 17.8
| align="right" | 9.5
| align="right" | 8.2
| -0.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.95
|-
| 1965
| align="right" | 3,709,000
| align="right" | 66,277
| align="right" | 35,317
| align="right" | 30,960
| align="right" | 17.8
| align="right" | 9.5
| align="right" | 8.3
| -0.5
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.89
|-
| 1966
| align="right" | 3,738,000
| align="right" | 67,061
| align="right" | 36,010
| align="right" | 31,051
| align="right" | 17.9
| align="right" | 9.6
| align="right" | 8.3
| 0.3
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.86
|-
| 1967
| align="right" | 3,770,000
| align="right" | 66,779
| align="right" | 36,216
| align="right" | 30,563
| align="right" | 17.6
| align="right" | 9.6
| align="right" | 8.1
| 0.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.82
|-
| 1968
| align="right" | 3,802,000
| align="right" | 67,350
| align="right" | 37,668
| align="right" | 29,682
| align="right" | 17.6
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 7.8
| 0.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.76
|-
| 1969
| align="right" | 3,835,000
| align="right" | 67,746
| align="right" | 38,994
| align="right" | 28,752
| align="right" | 17.6
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 7.5
| 0.6
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.70
|-
| 1970
| align="right" | 3,866,000
| align="right" | 64,551
| align="right" | 38,723
| align="right" | 25,828
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 6.7
| -1.0
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.61
|-
| 1971
| align="right" | 3,888,000
| align="right" | 65,550
| align="right" | 38,981
| align="right" | 26,569
| align="right" | 16.8
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 6.8
| 0.9
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.51
|-
| 1972
| align="right" | 3,918,000
| align="right" | 64,260
| align="right" | 39,375
| align="right" | 24,885
| align="right" | 16.3
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 6.3
| 1.4
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.37
|-
| 1973
| align="right" | 3,948,000
| align="right" | 61,208
| align="right" | 39,958
| align="right" | 21,250
| align="right" | 15.5
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 5.4
| 0.7
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.28
|-
| 1974
| align="right" | 3,973,000
| align="right" | 59,603
| align="right" | 39,464
| align="right" | 20,139
| align="right" | 15.0
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 5.1
| 1.2
| style="color: blue" align="right" | 2.15
|-
| 1975
| align="right" | 3,998,000
| align="right" | 56,345
| align="right" | 40,061
| align="right" | 16,284
| align="right" | 14.1
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 4.1
| 0.7
| align="right" | 2.00
|-
| 1976
| align="right" | 4,017,000
| align="right" | 53,474
| align="right" | 40,216
| align="right" | 13,258
| align="right" | 13.3
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 3.3
| 1.2
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| 1977
| align="right" | 4,035,000
| align="right" | 50,877
| align="right" | 39,824
| align="right" | 11,053
| align="right" | 12.6
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 2.7
| 1.3
| align="right" | 1.77
|-
| 1978
| align="right" | 4,051,000
| align="right" | 51,749
| align="right" | 40,682
| align="right" | 11,067
| align="right" | 12.7
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 2.7
| 1.0
| align="right" | 1.79
|-
| 1979
| align="right" | 4,066,000
| align="right" | 51,580
| align="right" | 41,632
| align="right" | 9,948
| align="right" | 12.7
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 2.4
| 0.8
| align="right" | 1.77
|-
| 1980
| align="right" | 4,079,000
| align="right" | 51,039
| align="right" | 41,340
| align="right" | 9,699
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 2.4
| 0.8
| align="right" | 1.74
|-
| 1981
| align="right" | 4,092,000
| align="right" | 50,708
| align="right" | 41,893
| align="right" | 8,815
| align="right" | 12.4
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 2.2
| 1.5
| align="right" | 1.70
|-
| 1982
| align="right" | 4,107,000
| align="right" | 51,245
| align="right" | 41,454
| align="right" | 9,791
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 2.4
| 1.5
| align="right" | 1.71
|-
| 1983
| align="right" | 4,123,000
| align="right" | 49,937
| align="right" | 42,224
| align="right" | 7,713
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 1.9
| 0.8
| align="right" | 1.67
|-
| 1984
| align="right" | 4,134,000
| align="right" | 50,274
| align="right" | 42,581
| align="right" | 7,693
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 1.9
| 1.0
| align="right" | 1.66
|-
| 1985
| align="right" | 4,146,000
| align="right" | 51,134
| align="right" | 44,372
| align="right" | 6,762
| align="right" | 12.3
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 1.6
| 1.5
| align="right" | 1.68
|-
| 1986
| align="right" | 4,159,000
| align="right" | 52,514
| align="right" | 43,560
| align="right" | 8,954
| align="right" | 12.6
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 2.1
| 2.0
| align="right" | 1.71
|-
| 1987
| align="right" | 4,176,000
| align="right" | 54,027
| align="right" | 44,959
| align="right" | 9,068
| align="right" | 12.9
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 2.2
| 3.1
| align="right" | 1.80
|-
| 1988
| align="right" | 4,198,000
| align="right" | 57,526
| align="right" | 45,354
| align="right" | 12,172
| align="right" | 13.7
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 2.9
| 2.6
| align="right" | 1.84
|-
| 1989
| align="right" | 4,221,000
| align="right" | 59,303
| align="right" | 45,173
| align="right" | 14,130
| align="right" | 14.0
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 3.3
| -0.5
| align="right" | 1.89
|-
| 1990
| align="right" | 4,233,000
| align="right" | 60,939
| align="right" | 46,021
| align="right" | 14,918
| align="right" | 14.4
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 3.5
| 0.5
| align="right" | 1.93
|-
| 1991
| align="right" | 4,250,000
| align="right" | 60,808
| align="right" | 44,923
| align="right" | 15,885
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 3.7
| 1.9
| align="right" | 1.92
|-
| 1992
| align="right" | 4,274,000
| align="right" | 60,109
| align="right" | 44,731
| align="right" | 15,378
| align="right" | 14.0
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 3.6
| 2.3
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| 1993
| align="right" | 4,299,000
| align="right" | 59,678
| style="color: red" align="right" | 46,597
| align="right" | 13,081
| align="right" | 13.8
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 3.0
| 3.0
| align="right" | 1.86
|-
| 1994
| align="right" | 4,325,000
| align="right" | 60,092
| align="right" | 44,071
| align="right" | 16,021
| align="right" | 13.7
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 3.5
| 1.6
| align="right" | 1.87
|-
| 1995
| align="right" | 4,348,000
| align="right" | 60,292
| align="right" | 45,190
| align="right" | 15,102
| align="right" | 13.8
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 3.5
| 1.6
| align="right" | 1.87
|-
| 1996
| align="right" | 4,370,000
| align="right" | 60,927
| align="right" | 43,860
| align="right" | 17,067
| align="right" | 13.9
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 3.9
| 1.4
| align="right" | 1.89
|-
| 1997
| align="right" | 4,393,000
| align="right" | 59,801
| align="right" | 44,595
| align="right" | 15,206
| align="right" | 13.6
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 3.5
| 2.2
| align="right" | 1.87
|-
| 1998
| align="right" | 4,418,000
| align="right" | 58,352
| align="right" | 44,112
| align="right" | 14,240
| align="right" | 13.1
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 3.2
| 2.9
| align="right" | 1.81
|-
| 1999
| align="right" | 4,445,000
| align="right" | 59,298
| align="right" | 45,170
| align="right" | 14,128
| align="right" | 13.3
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 3.1
| 4.2
| align="right" | 1.85
|-
| 2000
| align="right" | 4,478,000
| align="right" | 59,234
| align="right" | 44,002
| align="right" | 15,232
| align="right" | 13.2
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 3.3
| 2.2
| align="right" | 1.85
|-
| 2001
| align="right" | 4,503,000
| align="right" | 56,696
| align="right" | 43,981
| align="right" | 12,715
| align="right" | 12.6
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 2.8
| 1.8
| align="right" | 1.78
|-
| 2002
| align="right" | 4,524,000
| align="right" | 55,434
| align="right" | 44,465
| align="right" | 10,969
| align="right" | 12.2
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 2.4
| 3.8
| align="right" | 1.75
|-
| 2003
| align="right" | 4,552,000
| align="right" | 56,458
| align="right" | 42,478
| align="right" | 13,980
| align="right" | 12.4
| align="right" | 9.4
| align="right" | 3.0
| 2.4
| align="right" | 1.80
|-
| 2004
| align="right" | 4,577,000
| align="right" | 56,951
| align="right" | 41,200
| align="right" | 15,751
| align="right" | 12.4
| align="right" | 9.1
| align="right" | 3.3
| 2.9
| align="right" | 1.83
|-
| 2005
| align="right" | 4,606,000
| align="right" | 56,756
| align="right" | 41,232
| align="right" | 15,524
| align="right" | 12.3
| align="right" | 8.9
| align="right" | 3.4
| 4.0
| align="right" | 1.84
|-
| 2006
| align="right" | 4,640,000
| align="right" | 58,545
| align="right" | 41,253
| align="right" | 17,292
| align="right" | 12.6
| align="right" | 8.8
| align="right" | 3.7
| 5.1
| align="right" | 1.90
|-
| 2007
| align="right" | 4,681,000
| align="right" | 58,459
| align="right" | 41,954
| align="right" | 16,505
| align="right" | 12.4
| align="right" | 8.9
| align="right" | 3.5
| 8.4
| align="right" | 1.90
|-
| 2008
| align="right" | 4,737,000
| align="right" | 60,497
| align="right" | 41,712
| align="right" | 18,785
| align="right" | 12.7
| align="right" | 8.7
| align="right" | 3.9
| 9.1
| align="right" | 1.96
|-
| 2009
| align="right" | 4,799,000
| align="right" | 61,807
| align="right" | 41,449
| align="right" | 20,358
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" | 8.6
| align="right" | 4.2
| 8.1
| align="right" | 1.98
|-
| 2010
| align="right" | 4,858,000
| align="right" | 61,442
| align="right" | 41,499
| align="right" | 19,943
| align="right" | 12.6
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" | 4.1
| 8.7
| align="right" | 1.95
|-
| 2011
| align="right" | 4,920,000
| align="right" | 60,220
| align="right" | 41,393
| align="right" | 18,827
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 8.3
| align="right" | 3.8
| 9.6
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| 2012
| align="right" | 4,985,870
| align="right" | 60,255
| align="right" | 41,992
| align="right" | 18,263
| align="right" | 12.0
| align="right" | 8.4
| align="right" | 3.6
| 9.4
| align="right" | 1.85
|-
| 2013
| align="right" | 5,051,000
| align="right" | 58,995
| align="right" | 41,282
| align="right" | 17,713
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 8.1
| align="right" | 3.6
| 8.0
| align="right" | 1.78
|-
| 2014
| align="right" | 5,109,056
| align="right" | 59,084
| align="right" | 40,394
| align="right" | 18,690
| align="right" | 11.5
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 3.6
| 7.3
| align="right" | 1.76
|-
| 2015
| align="right" | 5,165,000
| align="right" | 59,058
| align="right" | 40,727
| align="right" | 18,331
| align="right" | 11.4
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 3.5
| 5.7
| align="right" | 1.73
|-
| 2016
| align="right" | 5,213,000
| align="right" | 58,890
| align="right" | 40,726
| align="right" | 18,164
| align="right" | 11.3
| align="right" | 7.8
| align="right" | 3.5
| 5.1
| align="right" | 1.71
|-
| 2017
| align="right" | 5,258,000
| align="right" | 56,633
| align="right" | 40,774
| align="right" | 15,859
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 7.8
| align="right" | 3.0
| 4.2
| align="right" | 1.62
|-
| 2018
| align="right" | 5,296,000
| align="right" | 55,120
| align="right" | 40,840
| align="right" | 14,280
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 7.7
| align="right" | 2.8
| 3.3
| align="right" | 1.56
|-
| 2019
| align="right" | 5,328,000
| align="right" | 54,495
| align="right" | 40,684
| align="right" | 13,811
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 7.6
| align="right" | 2.6
| 4.8
| align="right" | 1.53
|-
| 2020
| align="right" | 5,367,580
| align="right" | 52,979
| align="right" | 40,611
| align="right" | 12,368
| align="right" | 9.9
| style="color:blue;" | 7.5
| align="right" | 2.4
| 2.1
| align="right" | 1.48
|-
| 2021
| align="right" | 5,391,369
| align="right" | 56,060
| align="right" | 42,002
| align="right" | 14,058
| align="right" |10.3
| align="right" |7.7
| align="right" | 2.6
| 3.7
| align="right" | 1.55
|-
| 2022
| 5,425,270
| 51,480
| 45,774
| style=" color:red" | 5,706
| 9.5
| 8.4
| style="color:red"| 1.1
| style="color:blue" |10.7
| 1.41
|-
| 2023
| 5,488,984
| 51,980
| 43,803
| 8,177
| style=" color:red"| 9.5
| 8.0
| 1.5
| 9.7
| style="color: red" | 1.40
|-
| 2024
| 5,550,203
| 54,013
| 44,242
| 9,771
| 9.7
| 7.9
| 1.8
| 6.2
| 1.44
|- 
| 2025
| style="color: blue" | 5,594,340
| 
| 
| 
|
|
|
| 
|
|}
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===Current vital statistics===
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/01222/|title=Population and changes during the quarter|website=SSB}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January – September 2023'''
| 40,055
| 32,067
| +7,988
|-
| '''January – September 2024'''
| 41,858
| 32,675
| +9,183
|- 
| '''Difference'''
| {{Increase}} +1,803 (+4.50%)
| {{Increasenegative}} +608 (+1.90%)
| {{Increase}} +1,195
|}

===Structure of the population===

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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 2 495 777
| align="right" | 2 484 178 
| align="right" | 4 979 955
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 159 582
| align="right" | 150 941
| align="right" | 310 523
| align="right" | 6.24
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 153 598 
| align="right" | 147 027
| align="right" | 300 625
| align="right" | 6.04
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 160 122
| align="right" | 152 496
| align="right" | 312 618
| align="right" | 6.28
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 167 701
| align="right" | 156 981
| align="right" | 324 682
| align="right" | 6.52
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 167 828
| align="right" | 161 709
| align="right" | 329 537
| align="right" | 6.62
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 163 754
| align="right" | 157 417
| align="right" | 321 171
| align="right" | 6.45
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 166 578
| align="right" | 158 663
| align="right" | 325 241
| align="right" | 6.53
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 180 904
| align="right" | 171 104
| align="right" | 352 008
| align="right" | 7.07
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 191 483
| align="right" | 181 708
| align="right" | 373 191
| align="right" | 7.49
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 180 834
| align="right" | 169 703
| align="right" | 350 537
| align="right" | 7.04
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 165 233
| align="right" | 157 496
| align="right" | 322 729
| align="right" | 6.48
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 154 029
| align="right" | 150 306
| align="right" | 304 335
| align="right" | 6.11
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 144 699
| align="right" | 141 620
| align="right" | 286 319
| align="right" | 5.75
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 122 740
| align="right" | 124 711
| align="right" | 247 451
| align="right" | 4.97
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 78 850
| align="right" | 87 830
| align="right" | 166 680
| align="right" | 3.35
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 58 013
| align="right" | 72 196
| align="right" | 130 209
| align="right" | 2.61
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 44 024
| align="right" | 64 219
| align="right" | 108 243
| align="right" | 2.17
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 25 608
| align="right" | 48 449
| align="right" | 74 057
| align="right" | 1.49
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 8 769
| align="right" | 23 474
| align="right" | 32 243
| align="right" | 0.65
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 1 310
| align="right" | 5 515
| align="right" | 6 825
| align="right" | 0.14
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 118
| align="right" | 613
| align="right" | 731
| align="right" | 0.01
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 473 302
| align="right" | 450 464
| align="right" | 923 766
| align="right" | 18.55
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 1 683 043
| align="right" | 1 606 707
| align="right" | 3 289 750
| align="right" | 66.06
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 339 432
| align="right" | 427 007
| align="right" | 766 439
| align="right" | 15.39
|-
|}
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{{Hidden begin 
|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2021) (Data refer to usual resident population.): <ref name="auto"/>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 2 719 259
| align="right" | 2 672 110 
| align="right" | 5 391 369
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 145 601
| align="right" | 137 359
| align="right" | 282 960
| align="right" | 5.25
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 159 283 
| align="right" | 151 290
| align="right" | 310 573
| align="right" | 5.76
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 168 372
| align="right" | 159 686
| align="right" | 328 058
| align="right" | 6.08
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 162 027
| align="right" | 154 172
| align="right" | 316 199
| align="right" | 5.86
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 175 181
| align="right" | 163 240
| align="right" | 338 421
| align="right" | 6.28
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 188 300
| align="right" | 178 586
| align="right" | 366 886
| align="right" | 6.81
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 194 118
| align="right" | 186 717
| align="right" | 380 835
| align="right" | 7.06
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 184 221
| align="right" | 174 068
| align="right" | 358 289
| align="right" | 6.65
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 178 970
| align="right" | 168 819
| align="right" | 347 789
| align="right" | 6.45
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 190 410
| align="right" | 181 392
| align="right" | 371 802
| align="right" | 6.90
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 191 985
| align="right" | 182 852
| align="right" | 374 837
| align="right" | 6.95
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 173 436
| align="right" | 165 890
| align="right" | 339 326
| align="right" | 6.29
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 156 396
| align="right" | 153 256
| align="right" | 309 652
| align="right" | 5.74
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 138 714
| align="right" | 140 153
| align="right" | 278 867
| align="right" | 5.17
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 128 576
| align="right" | 132 553
| align="right" | 261 129
| align="right" | 4.84
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 89 829 
| align="right" | 99 510
| align="right" | 189 339
| align="right" | 3.51
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 52 310
| align="right" | 66 637
| align="right" | 118 947
| align="right" | 2.21
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 27 577
| align="right" | 43 785
| align="right" | 71 362
| align="right" | 1.32
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 11 272
| align="right" | 23 771
| align="right" | 35 043
| align="right" | 0.65
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 2 457
| align="right" | 7 328
| align="right" | 9 785
| align="right" | 0.18
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 224
| align="right" | 1 046
| align="right" | 1 270
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 473 256
| align="right" | 448 335
| align="right" | 921 591
| align="right" | 17.09
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 1 795 044
| align="right" | 1 708 992
| align="right" | 3 504 036
| align="right" | 64.99
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 450 959
| align="right" | 514 783
| align="right" | 965 742
| align="right" | 17.91
|-
|}
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== Ethnicity ==
[[File:COB data Norway.PNG|right|400px|thumb]]
[[Statistics Norway]] does not attempt to quantify or track data on ethnicity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shendruk |first=Amanda |date=8 July 2021 |title=Are you even trying to stop racism if you don't collect data on race? |url=https://qz.com/2029525/the-20-countries-that-dont-collect-racial-and-ethnic-census-data/ |access-date=4 July 2022 |website=Quartz |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709223931/https://qz.com/2029525/the-20-countries-that-dont-collect-racial-and-ethnic-census-data/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The national population registry records only country of birth.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindstad |first1=Siri |title=Ethnicity cannot be counted |url=https://kifinfo.no/en/2017/12/ethnicity-cannot-be-counted |work=Kifinfo |language=en |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228164808/https://kifinfo.no/en/2017/12/ethnicity-cannot-be-counted |url-status=live }}</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">{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/tab-2012-04-26-04-en.html |title=Table 4 Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and gender. 1 January 2012 |access-date=6 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206040422/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/tab-2012-04-26-04-en.html |archive-date=6 February 2013 }}</ref>

Ethnically, the residents of Norway are predominantly [[Norwegian people|Norwegians]], a [[North Germanic peoples|North Germanic]] ethnic group. In [[Northern Norway]] there is a population of [[Sámi people|Sámi]] people, who descend from people who probably settled the area a couple thousand years ago. The people who spoke the [[Proto-Samic language|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|Scandinavian peninsula]] where they would assimilate local [[Paleo-European languages|Paleo-European]] hunter-gatherers who were already living in the region. The indigenous peoples and minorities of Norway include: Sámi, [[Romanoar|Scandinavian Romani]], [[Romani people|Roma]], [[History of the Jews in Norway|Jews]], and [[Kven people|Kvener]], as well as a small [[Finnish people|Finnish]] community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indigenous peoples and minorities |date=21 March 2019 |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/indigenous-peoples-and-minorities/id929/ |publisher=regjeringen.no |access-date=21 October 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021172611/https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/indigenous-peoples-and-minorities/id929/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Immigration ==
{{Main|Immigration to Norway}}

===Net migration of Norway, 1999-present===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 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
|}

[[File:Percentage of Norwegians born to two Norwegian parents.png|thumb|350x350px|Norwegians of two Norwegian parents, either born abroad or in Norway, as a percentage proportionally and nationally in [[Norway]] as of 2021]]
[[File:Foreign born and their descendants in Norway in 2022 population pyramid.svg|thumb|251x251px|Foreign born and their descendants in Norway in 2022]]
[[File:Norwegian and foreign born population pyramid in 2023.svg|thumb|247x247px|Norwegian and foreign born population pyramid in 2023]]
In the last decades, Norway has become home to increasing numbers of [[immigrants]], [[guest workers|foreign workers]], and [[Political asylum|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 [[Han Chinese|Chinese]]), [[List of islands in the Pacific Ocean|Pacific Islands]] and [[Southeast Asia]] (e.g. [[Filipino language|Filipinos]]), [[Eastern Europe]] (e.g. [[Russians]]) and [[Central Europe]] (e.g. [[Polish people|Poles]]), [[Southern Europe]] ([[Greeks]], [[Albanians]] and people from former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], [[Bosniaks]], [[Serbs]] etc.), and Middle East countries (especially [[Kurds|Kurdish Iraqis]] and [[Kurds|Kurdish Iranians]]), as well as [[Somali people|Somalis]], [[Turkish people|Turks]], [[Moroccans]], and some [[Latin America#Demographics|Latin Americans]]. After ten Eastern European and [[Baltics|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">{{Cite web |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=SSB |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526153643/https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre |url-status=live }}</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 [[African immigration to Norway|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">[http://www.imdi.no/Documents/Rapporter/Faktaark_Oslo.pdf Fakta om innvandrebefolkningen i Oslo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712184441/http://www.imdi.no/Documents/Rapporter/Faktaark_Oslo.pdf |date=12 July 2014 }} 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 culture|Western]] background ([[United Kingdom|UK]], Australia, [[New Zealand]], USA, Canada and the [[European Union|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">[http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/tab-2012-04-26-03-en.html "Three categories of immigration background, country of birth and citizenship by country background and sex. 1 January 2012 "] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120131655/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/tab-2012-04-26-03-en.html |date=20 November 2012 }}. [[Statistics Norway]]. 26 April 2012. Accessed 27 April 2012. [https://archive.today/20240525110657/https://www.webcitation.org/60kwqnxn8?url=http://www.ssb.no/innvbef_en/tab-2011-04-28-02-en.html Archived] 7 August 2011.</ref>
Immigrants were represented in all [[Norwegian people|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">[http://www.ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/innvbef Innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre, 1. januar 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501185122/http://ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/innvbef |date=1 May 2015 }} [[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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120923173213/http://af.reuters.com/article/sudanNews/idAFL6E7IM19S20110722 "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" />
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="3" |Population Group
! colspan="14" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1970<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=05182: Persons, by immigration category and sex (C) 1970 - 2023. Statbank Norway |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/system/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=SSB |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":19">{{Cite web|title=05803: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year 1735 – 2021-PX-Web SSB|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/system/|access-date=25 December 2021|website=SSB|language=en}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1980<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" />
! colspan="2" |1990<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" />
! colspan="2" |2000<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" />
! colspan="2" |2010<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" />
! colspan="2" |2020<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":19" />
! colspan="2" |2024<ref>{{Cite web|title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre|access-date=22 December 2021|website=SSB|language=en|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526153643/https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
![[File:Flag_of_Norway_(c81329_for_red_&_14275b_for_blue).svg|20x20px]] 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%
!4,356,783
!78.5%
|-
|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%
|4,033,960
|75.15%
|4,013,527
|72.3%
|-
|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%
|39,248
|0.7%
|-
|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%
|304,008
|5.5%
|-
!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%
!1,193,420
!21.5%
|-
|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%
|931,081
|16.8%
|-
|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%
|221,459
|4.0%
|-
|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%
|40,880
|0.7%
|-
!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%
!5,550,203
!100%
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! Rank
! Country of origin<ref>Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents</ref>
! Population (2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/en/innvbef/|work=Statistics Norway|title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, 1 January 2022|language=no|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411025653/http://www.ssb.no/en/innvbef|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1.
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Poland}}
| 128,968
|-
| 2.
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| 81,878
|-
| 3.
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Lithuania}}
| 51,356
|-
| 4.
| {{flag|Syria}}
| 48,596
|-
| 5.
| {{flag|Somalia}}
| 44,072
|-
| 6.
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| 43,215
|-
| 7.
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Sweden}}
| 40,985
|-
| 8.
| {{flag|Iraq}}
| 36,486
|-
| 9.
| {{flag|Eritrea}}
| 35,189
|-
| 10.
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Germany}}
| 31,206
|-
| 11.
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| 29,406
|-
| 12.
| {{flag|Russia}}
| 27,211
|-
| 14.
| {{flag|Iran}}
| 26,196
|-
| 13.
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| 26,835
|-
| 16.
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| 24,400
|- 
| 17.
| {{flag|Thailand}}
| 24,318
|-
| 15.
| {{flag|India}}
| 24,463
|-
| 18.
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| 23.416
|-
| 20.
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Denmark}}
| 20,395
|-
| 19.
|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Romania}}
| 21,465
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by country background. 1 January<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=SSB |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |
! colspan="4" |2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=SSB |language=en}}</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
|877 227
|213 810
|16.0
|3.9
|-
!Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
|378 076
|51 274
|6.9
|0.9
|-
!Europe except EU/EFTA and UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions
|499 150
|162 535
|9.1
|3.0
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Nordic countries except Norway
|69 251
|7 320
|1.3
|0.1
|-
!EU/EFTA until 2004 except the Nordic countries
|85 626
|8 852
|1.6
|0.2
|-
!New EU countries after 2004
|207 883
|34 089
|3.8
|0.6
|-
!Europe except for EU/EFTA/UK
|101 058
|22 589
|1.8
|0.4
|-
!Australia and New Zealand
|2 532
|91
|0.0
|0.0
|-
!Asia
|265 120
|92 273
|4.8
|1.7
|-
!Africa
|105 817
|43 685
|1.9
|0.8
|-
!America except USA and Canada
|27 073
|3 985
|0.5
|0.1
|-
!USA and Canada
|12 784
|922
|0.2
|0.0
|-
!Oceania except Australia and New Zealand
|82
|3
|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==
{{Main|Religion in Norway}}

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 Catholic Church|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.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Religion
! Members
! Percent
! As of 2024<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/kultur-og-fritid/statistikker/trosamf/aar/2020-12-08|title=2020-12-08|website=ssb.no|date=8 December 2020 |access-date=5 April 2021|archive-date=1 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501120513/https://www.ssb.no/en/kultur-og-fritid/statistikker/trosamf/aar/2020-12-08|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''Christianity'''
| '''3,853,254'''
| '''69,4%'''
|-
| [[Church of Norway|The Church of Norway (Lutheran)]]
| 3,472,195
| 62,6%
|-
| ''Other Christianity''
| 381,059
| 6.9%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Non-Christian religions
! style="text-align:left" | 237,007
! style="text-align:left" | 4.3%
|-
| '''[[Islam in Norway|Islam]]'''
| 190,452 
| 3.4%
|-
| '''[[Buddhism in Norway|Buddhism]]'''
| 22,768
| 0.4%
|-
| '''[[Hinduism in Norway|Hinduism]]'''
| 13,871
| 0.2%
|-
| '''[[Sikhism]]'''
| 4,356
| 0.1%
|-
| '''[[Bahá'í Faith in Norway|Bahá'í Faith]]'''
| 1,075
| 0.0%
|-
| '''[[History of the Jews in Norway|Judaism]]'''
| 741
| 0.0%
|-
| '''Other religions'''
| 3,744
| 0.1%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Non-religious and unknown
! style="text-align:left" | 1,329,554
! style="text-align:left" | 23.8%
|-
| '''[[Humanism]]'''
| 139,398
| 2.5%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total
! style="text-align:left" | 5,550,203
! style="text-align:left" | 100.0%
|}

==Languages==

{{Main|Norwegian language}}

Norwegian (the written standards [[Bokmål]] and [[Nynorsk]]). <br>[[Uralic languages]] – [[South Sámi]], [[Lule Sámi]], [[North Sámi]] and [[Kven language|Kven]] – are additional official languages of some municipalities.

== See also ==
* [[Svalbard#Demographics|Demographics of Svalbard]]
* [[Aging of Europe]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Norway topics|state=expanded}}
{{Demographics of Norway}}
{{Demographics of Europe}}

{{commons category|Demographics of Norway}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demographics Of Norway}}
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