Norway Demographics Profile 2009

Population

4,660,539 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 18.5% (male 441,508/female 422,050)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 1,564,482/female 1,522,519)
65 years and over: 15.2% (male 305,120/female 404,860) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 39.4 years
male: 38.5 years
female: 40.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.341% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

10.99 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

9.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 77% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 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: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.95 years
male: 77.29 years
female: 82.74 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.78 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

3,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality

noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective: Norwegian

Ethnic groups

Norwegian 94.4% (includes Sami, about 60,000), other European 3.6%, other 2% (2007 estimate)

Religions

Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)

Languages

Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)

Education expenditures

7.2% of GDP (2005)