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Europe > Norway > People

Age at first marriage for men 31.1 years [5th of 19]
Age at first marriage for women 28.6 years [5th of 19]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.53 Time series [102nd of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 19.5 [177th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 426,166 Time series [125th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 18.8% Time series [167th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 446,146 Time series [128th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 65.7 [102nd of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 1,516,217 Time series [119th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 66.2% Time series [98th of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 1,559,750 Time series [117th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 399,003 Time series [72nd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 15% Time series [32nd of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 297,175 Time series [75th of 225]
Average size of households 2.2 [15th of 17]
Chinese population 1,000 [75th of 127]
Couples with children 50% [16th of 23]
Disabled persons earning capacity 88% [7th of 14]
Disabled persons employment 72% [4th of 15]
Disbility benefit recipients 9.2% [1st of 14]
Divorces per 100 marriages 39.7 divorces per 100 marriag [10th of 20]
Elderly living in institution 7% [7th of 16]
Elderly living with children 11% [9th of 12]
Female population > Age 10-14 151,962 [127th of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.3 [175th of 224]
Female population > Age 100-104 499 [32nd of 49]
Female population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.01 [29th of 49]
Female population > Age 15-19 147,654 [128th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.2 [191st of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 132,873 [135th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 2.88 [213rd of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 136,872 [126th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 2.97 [211st of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 160,298 [119th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.48 [118th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 174,052 [108th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.77 [57th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 165,001 [106th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.58 [72nd of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 156,874 [102nd of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.4 [70th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 150,770 [98th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.27 [48th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 146,842 [88th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.18 [32nd of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 125,509 [81st of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.72 [26th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 92,746 [90th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.01 [52nd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 80,573 [85th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.75 [47th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 78,452 [68th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.7 [36th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 70,710 [67th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.53 [25th of 224]
Female population > Age 85-89 47,152 [29th of 66]
Female population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.02 [9th of 66]
Female population > Age 90-94 19,327 [27th of 49]
Female population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.42 [8th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 4,537 [31st of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.1 [14th of 49]
Gender development 0.941 [1st of 141]
Gender development index 0.956 [1st of 17]
Gender empowerment 0.837 [1st of 65]
Gender empowerment measure 0.837 [1st of 17]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital Oslo
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
350 (est.) (Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: )
Households with more than 5 people 8% [9th of 16]
Lone parent families 9% [6th of 23]
Male population > Age 10-14 159,902 [127th of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.47 [176th of 224]
Male population > Age 100-104 97 [32nd of 49]
Male population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0 [34th of 49]
Male population > Age 15-19 154,282 [127th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.35 [191st of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 138,063 [135th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 2.99 [209th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 140,428 [126th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.05 [210th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 162,524 [119th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.52 [121st of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 178,696 [108th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.88 [59th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 172,469 [100th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.74 [58th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 162,162 [96th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.52 [61st of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 155,025 [92nd of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.36 [37th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 152,234 [80th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.3 [22nd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 126,556 [79th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.74 [16th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 86,993 [84th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.89 [42nd of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 69,062 [82nd of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.5 [39th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 59,405 [72nd of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.29 [24th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 43,363 [71st of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.94 [24th of 224]
Male population > Age 85-89 21,807 [30th of 66]
Male population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.47 [10th of 66]
Male population > Age 90-94 6,650 [27th of 49]
Male population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.14 [13th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 1,132 [31st of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.02 [28th of 49]
Marriage rate 5.2 [24th of 27]
Nobel prize laureates 8 [14th of 44]
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Age 112 yr 61 d
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Born 21 December 1876
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Died 20 February 1989
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Name Maren Bolette Torp
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Sex F
One person households 19 [7th of 22]
Percentage living in rural areas. 21% [155th of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 79% [46th of 199]
Persons per room 0.6 [54th of 60]
Population > CIA Factbook 4,644,457 Time series [115th of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 19.57 % Time series [141st of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 65.43 % Time series [79th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 15 % Time series [23rd of 185]
Population growth > annual % 0.68 annual % Time series [138th of 195]
Population in largest city 802,227 Time series [115th of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 22.42 % Time series [79th of 118]
Population, female > % of total 50.3 % Time series [103rd of 190]
Projected population growth 15.46% [100th of 141]
Righteous Among the Nations > Count 26 [24th of 43]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 8 Jan 1991
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 26 Jan 1990
Rural population 1,044,866 Time series [128th of 193]
Rural population growth > annual % -0.46 annual % Time series [149th of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.03 [63rd of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1.03 [56th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.05 [146th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.73 [136th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 0.98 [128th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.05 [89th of 215]
Size of houses 44% [7th of 18]
Teenage birth rate 12.4 [15th of 28]
Total Population 4,610,820 [116th of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 311,864 [127th of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.76 [175th of 224]
Total population > Age 100-104 596 [31st of 49]
Total population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.01 [25th of 49]
Total population > Age 15-19 301,936 [127th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 6.55 [192nd of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 270,936 [136th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 5.88 [213rd of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 277,300 [127th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 6.01 [212nd of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 322,822 [119th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 7 [120th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 352,748 [108th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 7.65 [59th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 337,470 [105th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 7.32 [65th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 319,036 [99th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 6.92 [64th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 305,795 [94th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 6.63 [45th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 299,076 [83rd of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 6.49 [25th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 252,065 [79th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 5.47 [15th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 179,739 [86th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 3.9 [47th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 149,635 [84th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 3.25 [46th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 137,857 [70th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 2.99 [34th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 114,073 [66th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 2.47 [24th of 224]
Total population > Age 85-89 68,959 [30th of 66]
Total population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.5 [10th of 66]
Total population > Age 90-94 25,977 [27th of 49]
Total population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.56 [6th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 5,669 [31st of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.12 [15th of 49]
Total Population > Female 2,324,750 [118th of 227]
Total Population > Male 2,286,070 [115th of 227]
Urban population 3,578,434 Time series [91st of 195]
Urban population growth > annual % 1.02 annual % Time series [144th of 195]
Urbanization 75 [54th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 68.2% [28th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 78.9% [39th of 164]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 74 [31st of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 108 [65th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 6 [143rd of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 16 [141st of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 100 [24th of 172]

SOURCES: 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table SS5.1; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table EQ6; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002., Statistical Annex Table C6; Richard Disney and Edward Whitehouse, 'The Economic Well-Being of Older People in International Perspective: A Critical Review' (LIS Working Paper 306, June 2002), p. 7; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); see p. 35; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; Wikipedia: Oldest people ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Wikipedia: Righteous Among the Nations ; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; Figures are all from the market analysts Euromonitor. See also Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1998; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Norway, Kingdom of Norway, Kongeriket Norge, Norge

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