Norway - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Norway. About two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much-indented coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of the most rugged and longest coastlines in the world. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Most people live in the south; population clusters are found along the North Sea coast in the southwest and Skaggerak in the southeast; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated
People and Society
In Norway, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Norwegian 81.5% (includes about 60,000 Sami), other European 8.9%, other 9.6% (2021 est.)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.57% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 10.35 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.6 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 3.4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.58 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.77 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Norwegian | Norwegian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 16.3% (male 461,979/female 438,243) |
| 15-64 years | 64.5% (male 1,820,692/female 1,734,818) |
| 65 years and over | 19.1% (2024 est.) (male 498,301/female 555,700) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 55 (2024 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 25.3 (2024 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 29.6 (2024 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 3.4 (2024 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 41 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 40.1 years |
| Female | 41.5 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 84% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.086 million OSLO (capital) (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.9 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 1.02 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 1.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 2.1 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 1.5 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 82.9 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 81.3 years |
| Female | 84.6 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 6.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 2.63 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 2.23 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 12% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 12.6% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 11.3% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 0% (2022) |
| Women married by age 18 | 0% (2022) |
Demographic profile
All Important Facts about Norway
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