Norway's population rose from 4.38M in 1996 to 5.61M in 2025.
Norway · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Norway's population growth rose from 0.5 % in 1996 to 0.7 % in 2025.
Norway's population density rose from 11.9 in 1994 to 15.2 in 2023.
Norway's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.6 % in 1996 to 49.6 % in 2025.
Norway's urbanisation rose from 74.2 % in 1996 to 83.6 % in 2025.
Norway's urban population rose from 3.25M in 1996 to 4.69M in 2025.
Norway's rural population fell from 1.13M in 1996 to 921,833 in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +3.6 %163rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +3.2 %162nd of 217
- Death rate, crudeunchanged +0.0 %84th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −8.6 %7th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs49th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts167th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.0 pts97th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts41st of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts121st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts40th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −32.8 %28th of 217
- Migrant stockup +2.4 pts48th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +19.7 %46th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs19th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs27th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs13th of 217