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MAIN MENU General Information Norway’s Population History Population Density and Age and life expectancy Surface Area in Norway Demographics of Norway Capital and City Centers of Norway Statistics

GENERAL INFORMATION o Norway is a great place to spot the Northern Lights o Norway is famous for it’s beautiful nature o Norway is known as a welfare state with great o o o Education System Health Care System Taxation Process Pension Social Services

POPULATION DENSITY AND SURFACE AREA IN NORWAY • With regards to population density, Norway has a land mass of 323, 802 square kilometers (148, 746 square miles). • For every square kilometer of land, there is an average of 16. 5 people per square kilometer living here, which converts to 34 individuals per square mile and makes Norway only the 213 th most densely populated country on the planet.

CAPITAL AND CITY CENTERS OF NORWAY • Oslo is the capital of Norway as well as the most populated city, with more than 580, 000 people living within the city limits, not including the metropolitan area. The metro area is estimated to have over a million residents. Bergen is the second largest city, with 213, 585 residents.

NORWAY’S POPULATION HISTORY • Norway is an ancient country and it is claimed • Historical landmarks were where the Norway reached in 1825, when the • Throughout the 20 th population of Norway hit century, population growth 1, 051, 318 and thereby was steady and on a census exceeded one million for by census basis, it generally the first time in the increased by between 3% country’s history and in and 4%. 1900, the numbers had population in 2014 now reached 2, 240, 032. that as far back as 1665, there were already 440, 000 people living here. Steady growth through the ages has continued to the point stands at approximately 5, 091, 246. PREVIOUS: NEXT:

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AGE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY • Statistics released by the CIA World give us an overall picture of age breakdowns and life expectancy within Norway itself. • Based on population estimates from 2011, the CIA claims that 18. 8% of the Norway population of the time were aged between 0 and 14 years. In addition, it was confirmed that 66. 2% of the country were between 15 and 64 years of age while 15% of the people of Norway were aged 65 and over in 2011. • In 2018, these numbers were updated to 18% of the population is 0 -14 years of age, 41% are 25 -54 years of age, and 16. 71% are over the age of 65.

DEMOGRAPHICS OF NORWAY • The official languages of Norway include Bokmal Norwegian and Nynorsk Norwegian, and some residents use Sami and/or Finnish languages as well. • The ethnicities in Norway are recorded as Norwegian 83. 2% (includes about 60, 000 Sami), other European 8. 3%, other 8. 5% by the CIA as well. • Religion in Norway is fairly diverse, showing affiliations with Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) at 71. 5%, Roman Catholic 2. 8%, other Christian 3. 9%, Muslim 2. 8%, other 2%, and unspecified at 7. 5% of the population.

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