Norwegen - Daten & Fakten

total: 323,802 sq km

land: 304,282 sq km

water: 19,520 sq km

agricultural land: 2.7% (2018 est.)

arable land: 2.2% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 0.5% (2018 est.)

forest: 27.8% (2018 est.)

other: 69.5% (2018 est.)

Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden

0-14 years: 17.83% (male 510,835/female 487,126)

15-64 years: 64% (male 1,842,794/female 1,739,688)

65 years and over: 18.18% (2023 est.) (male 474,878/female 542,603)

10.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms

major-language sample(s):
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

total population: 83 years (2023 est.)

male: 81.4 years

female: 84.7 years

1.086 million OSLO (capital) (2023)

total: 40.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.9 years

female: 41.4 years

29.8 years (2020 est.)

note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births

3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

most Norwegians live in the south where the climate is milder and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found all along the North Sea coast in the southwest, and Skaggerak in the southeast; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated

0.6% (2023 est.)

1.57 children born/woman (2023 est.)

urban population: 84% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

total: 18 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

4.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

2.19% (2021 est.)

2.971 million (2021 est.)

12.7% (2018 est.)

4.99% (2021 est.)

4.42% (2020 est.)

3.69% (2019 est.)

36.5% of GDP (2017 est.)

36.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data exclude treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions

3.48% (2021 est.)

1.29% (2020 est.)

2.17% (2019 est.)

$199.074 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$116.718 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$146.28 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

United Kingdom 21%, Germany 19%, Sweden 8%, Netherlands 7%, China 6% (2021)

$140.444 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$119.632 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$140.211 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Sweden 18%, Germany 12%, China 10%, Denmark 6%, United States 5% (2021)

95 (2021)

total: 2,387,661 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 44 (2020 est.)

total: 5.346 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 99% (2021 est.)

total: 3,848 km (2020) 2,482 km electrified

total: 94,902 km (2018) (includes 455 km of expressways)

total subscriptions: 350,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2021 est.)

total subscriptions: 5.8 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 110 (2021 est.)

1,577 km (2010)