NORWAY DEMOGRAPHY

COUNTRY FACTSCapital City – OsloArea – Total 385,178 km2 GDP (nominal) – Total $420.958 billionGDP (per capita) – $80,749Monarch – Harald VPrime Minister – Erna SolbergHuman Development Index - 0.944

• Total Population (2015)– 5,109,059 People

• 2,589,391 males – 2,558,401 females

– Sex ratio – 0.98 male(s)/female

• Birth Rate (2014)– 12.09 births/1,000 population

• Death Rate (2014)– 8.19 deaths/1,000 population

• Fertility Rate (2014)– 1.86 children born/woman

• Infant Mortality Rate– 2.48 deaths/1,000 live births

GENERAL POPULATION STATISTICS

• Immigration– Total percentage of population – 15.6

• Migration rate – 7.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population

• Urbanisation– Urban population: 79.4% of total population

– Rate of urbanization: 1.03% annual rate of change

• Education– Education Expenditure – 6.9% of GDP

– Total Higher Educated population – 31.4%

– Total Upper Secondary Educated population – 41.3%

– Total Below Upper Secondary Educated population – 27.3

GENERAL POPULATION STATISTICS CONT.

POPULATION PYRAMID

POPULATION PYRAMID BREAKDOWN• Norway is in Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model

• Age Structure– 0-14 years: 18.2% (male 480,176/female 456,128) 

15-24 years: 13.1% (male 347,873/female 329,021) 25-54 years: 40.8% (male 1,080,339/female 1,021,370) 55-64 years: 11.7% (male 305,094/female 298,134) 65 years and over: 16.1% (male 375,909/female 453,748)

• Dependency ratio– total dependency ratio: 53.2 % 

youth dependency ratio: 28.5 % elderly dependency ratio: 24.7 % 

WEALTH & HEALTH OF NORWAY

• The variable fluctuation in population life expectancy in the 19th century is caused by several factors, one historical factor being Norway’s involvement in the Napoleonic Wars.– The Battle of Copenhagen (1801) –

1,600 killed (Ends in defeat)

– The Gunboat War (1807–1814) – Unknown casualties (Ends in defeat)

– Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809) – 200 killed (Ends in Stalemate)

– Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – Unknown casualties (Ends in defeat)

WEALTH & HEALTH OF NORWAY BREAKDOWN

NORWAY’S POPULATION – PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

• Norway:– In 1950 was in Stage 3 in the DTM

– In 2015 is in Stage 4 in the DTM

– In 2050 will be in Stage 5 in the DRM

• The population is steadily increasing with an increasingly even age distribution – Population growth rate - 1.19%

• Median Age– total: 39.1 years 

male: 38.2 years female: 39.9 years

PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE POPULATION BREAKDOWN