Demographics of Norway

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date08 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Norway is projected at 5.47 million, up by 0.82% compared with 5.42 million in 2020. Norway is ranked 118th in terms of population and 129th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 60.62 thousand births in Norway in 2021. That is 166 per day, which is ranked 128th. The crude birth rate is 11.07 per 1000 people. There are 43.26 thousand deaths in Norway in 2021. That is 119 per day, which is ranked 113th. The crude death rate is 7.91 per 1000 people.

4.58 million people are living in urban areas, which is 83.32% of Norway population. Norway is ranked 56th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Norway in 2021 is 102.32 males per 100 females. There are 2.76 million males and 2.70 million females in Norway. The percentage of female population is 49.43% compare to 50.57% male population. Norway has 62.7 thousand more males than females. Norway is at 165th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Norway population

Year Population Growth (%)
19503,265,274-
19553,430,3350.92
19603,582,5080.83
19653,724,4570.79
19703,876,0490.78
19754,008,0260.56
19804,086,0700.32
19854,153,1110.36
19904,247,2860.5
19954,366,9960.58
20004,499,3750.57
20054,632,3590.74
20104,885,8781.22
20155,199,8271.12
20165,250,9500.98
20175,296,3240.86
20185,337,9600.79
20195,378,8590.77
20205,421,2420.79
20215,465,6290.82
  • Total
  • Crude

Norway death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195028,19461,8348.5818.85
195529,56163,0208.6318.38
196032,86863,3099.1817.68
196536,10065,5039.6917.56
197038,46165,7239.9316.96
197540,16357,26010.0414.32
198041,33650,19910.1212.28
198543,54552,79910.4712.70
199045,31858,32310.6613.72
199545,22260,22810.3513.79
200044,22257,8039.8412.87
200542,72458,1519.1912.49
201041,46060,1898.4712.30
201541,74959,0298.0511.40
202042,97660,0327.9211.06
202143,25860,6247.9111.07
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Norway

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19501,647,5921,617,681-50.458
19551,722,8161,707,5240.8050.223
19601,788,3991,794,1080.7049.920
19652,144,1021,580,3613.7157.568
19702,534,7981,341,2623.1765.396
19752,732,9421,275,0891.2868.187
19802,882,5311,203,5450.9970.545
19852,961,5881,191,5170.5471.310
19903,056,1801,191,1050.6871.956
19953,222,2781,144,7171.0473.787
20003,420,4091,078,9581.1776.020
20053,598,2101,034,1541.1077.675
20103,864,8111,021,0671.5879.102
20154,216,608983,2281.6681.091
20204,521,838927,8551.3482.974
20214,582,847917,2231.3583.323
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Norway population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 155,744 146,380 302,124 5.53 106.397
05-09 159,611 151,235 310,846 5.69 105.538
10-14 165,865 157,232 323,097 5.91 105.491
15-19 165,862 158,806 324,668 5.94 104.443
20-24 181,665 170,554 352,219 6.44 106.515
25-29 193,507 180,936 374,443 6.85 106.948
30-34 194,493 186,050 380,543 6.96 104.538
35-39 189,594 177,970 367,564 6.73 106.531
40-44 180,299 167,382 347,681 6.36 107.717
45-49 192,137 180,294 372,431 6.81 106.569
50-54 196,411 184,594 381,005 6.97 106.402
55-59 175,623 166,299 341,922 6.26 105.607
60-64 159,529 155,249 314,778 5.76 102.757
65-69 138,070 138,552 276,622 5.06 99.652
70-74 131,986 136,859 268,845 4.92 96.439
75-79 90,692 100,827 191,519 3.50 89.948
80-84 51,162 66,218 117,380 2.15 77.263
85-89 27,662 43,694 71,356 1.31 63.308
90-94 11,470 23,579 35,049 0.64 48.645
95-99 2,565 7,825 10,390 0.19 32.780
100+ 213 934 1,147 0.02 22.805
Total 2,764,160 2,701,469 5,465,629 102.321