🇳🇴Norway

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Population

5.6M

0.7%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.45

births/woman

Life Expectancy

83.2y

GDP / capita

$94.6K

Pop. Growth

0.69%

Net Migration

29.8K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Norway by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇵🇱Poland111.7K(11.1%)

+128%

🇺🇦Ukraine71.1K(7.1%)

29×

🇸🇪

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male2.8MTotal 5.6M2.8MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.7

per 100,000

Divorce rate

1.9

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

58.0%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

79.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇱🇹Lithuania44.3K(4.4%)

+353%

🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.32.3K(3.2%)

+80%

🇩🇪Germany31.5K(3.1%)

+27%

🇩🇰Denmark27.6K(2.8%)

+22%

🇵🇭Philippines27.1K(2.7%)

+107%

🇮🇶Iraq26.2K(2.6%)

+28%

🇪🇷Eritrea25.5K(2.5%)

+429%

🇹🇭Thailand24.8K(2.5%)

+90%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Norway diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Norway who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇪Sweden39.9K(33.0%)

−8%

🇩🇰Denmark20.9K(17.3%)

+12%

🇧🇩Bangladesh19.3K(15.9%)

+43%

🇵🇱Poland13.6K(11.2%)

13×

🇦🇺Australia3.9K(3.2%)

−10%

🇨🇦Canada3.4K(2.8%)

−30%

🇱🇹Lithuania2.9K(2.4%)

+155%

🇫🇮Finland2.2K(1.8%)

+48%

🇮🇸Iceland2.1K(1.7%)

+113%

🇭🇺Hungary1.7K(1.4%)

+50%

🇮🇹Italy1.7K(1.4%)

+19%

🇸🇰Slovak Republic1.2K(1.0%)

+112%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Christian67.0%
Unaffiliated28.0%
Muslim4.0%
Other1.0%