| Population: |
4,627,926 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 19% (male 450,612/female 430,126)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male 1,552,473/female 1,507,638)
65 years and over: 14.8% (male 291,659/female 395,418) (2007 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 38.7 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 39.6 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
0.363% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
11.27 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
9.37 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.048 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.738 male(s)/female
total population: 0.984 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 3.64 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 79.67 years
male: 77.04 years
female: 82.46 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.78 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
2,100 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective: Norwegian |
| Ethnic groups: |
Norwegian, Sami 20,000 |
| 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% |