Population 4,419,955 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 20% (male 444,373; female 420,940)
15-64 years: 65% (male 1,454,733; female 1,407,395)
65 years and over: 15% (male 288,056; female 404,458) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.44% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 12.9 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 10.17 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 1.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 5.01 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 78.23 years
male: 75.42 years
female: 81.21 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.8 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective: Norwegian

Ethnic groups Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic), Lapps (Sami) 20,000

Religions Evangelical Lutheran 87.8% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980)

Languages Norwegian (official)
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1976 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%

NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.