Demographics of Norway
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This article is about the demographic features of the population of Norway, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
[edit] Genetics
[edit] Y-chromosome DNA
Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) represents the male lineage, The Norwegian Y-chromosome pool may be summarized as follows where haplogroups R1 & I comprise generally more than 85% of the total chromosomes.[1]
[edit] Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA mtDNA represents the female lineage, Haplogroup H represent about 40% of the Norweigan mitochondrial DNA lineages[2]
[edit] Ethnicity
Ethnically, the residents of Norway are predominantly ethnic Norwegians who are of North Germanic / Nordic descent, although there are communities of the Scandanivian native people Sami who settled the area around 8,000 years ago, probably from continental Europe through the Norwegian coast and through Finland along the inland glaciers. The national minorities of Norway include Scandinavian Romani, Roma (“Gypsy”), Jews, and Kvener, as well as a small Finnish community.
In recent years, Norway has become home to increasing numbers of immigrants, foreign workers, and asylum-seekers from various parts of the world (mostly from Europe and Asia). Norway had a steady influx of immigrants from Pakistan, East Asia (mainly the Chinese and Filipinos), Eastern Europe (i.e. Russians from Russia), Southern Europe (Greeks, Albanians from Kosovo, and former Yugoslavians), and Middle Eastern countries (Arabs, especially Iraqis and Palestinians), as well as Somalis, Turks and Moroccans. After ten Eastern European countries joined the EU in 2004, there has also been an influx of workers from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
[edit] Religion
The Lutheran Church of Norway is the state church and the vast majority remain at least nominal members. Other religions do, however, enjoy religious freedom and have prospered with immigration in recent years, particularly Islam and Roman Catholicism. Saint Olaf is the patron saint of Norway. He is regarded by some as the eternal king and has a reputation and place in history unchallenged by any other Norwegian King for the last 1000 years.
Official statistics (2003): Lutheran 86% (state church), other Christian 4.5% (mainly Protestant [3.5%] and Roman Catholic) [1%]), Islam 2%, other religions (Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Judaism) 1%, Human Ethical 1.5%, none and unknown 5%. The Eurometer poll on religious belief in Norway finds 9-10% of Norwegians in the poll survey are atheist or have no religion.
[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | %± |
| 1665 | 440,000 | — |
| 1769 | 723,618 | 64.5% |
| 1801 | 883,603 | 22.1% |
| 1825 | 1,051,318 | 19.0% |
| 1835 | 1,194,827 | 13.7% |
| 1855 | 1,490,047 | 24.7% |
| 1875 | 1,813,424 | 21.7% |
| 1900 | 2,240,032 | 23.5% |
| 1910 | 2,391,782 | 6.8% |
| 1920 | 2,649,775 | 10.8% |
| 1930 | 2,814,194 | 6.2% |
| 1946 | 3,156,950 | 12.2% |
| 1950 | 3,278,546 | 3.9% |
| 1955 | 3,408,161 | 4.0% |
| 1960 | 3,570,554 | 4.8% |
| 1965 | 3,708,609 | 3.9% |
| 1970 | 3,866,468 | 4.3% |
| 1975 | 3,997,525 | 3.4% |
| 1980 | 4,078,900 | 2.0% |
| 1985 | 4,145,845 | 1.6% |
| 1990 | 4,233,116 | 2.1% |
| 1995 | 4,348,410 | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 4,478,497 | 3.0% |
| 2005 | 4,606,363 | 2.9% |
| 2010? | 4,858,070 | 5.5% |
| 2020? | 5,352,466 | 10.2% |
| 2030? | 5,824,071 | 8.8% |
| 2040? | 6,205,000 | 6.5% |
| 2050? | 6,548,000 | 5.5% |
| 2060? | 6,882,000 | 5.1% |
| Source: Statistics Norway [1] [2]. | ||
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
[edit] Age and sex distribution
[edit] Age structure
(2005 est.)
0–14 years: 19.7% (male 466,243; female 443,075)
15–64 years: 65.6% (male 1,234,384; female 1,486,887)
65 years and over: 14.7% (male 285,389; female 392,331)
[edit] Sex ratio
(2004 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 0.83 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female
[edit] Population
4,681,100 (January 1,2007)
[edit] Population - comparative
slightly larger than British Columbia, but slightly smaller than Singapore and Eritrea.
[edit] Population growth rate
0.341% (in 2009)
[edit] Population growth rate - comparative
slightly larger than Arkansas and Samoa, but slightly smaller than Liechtenstein and New Zealand.
[edit] Births and deaths
| Births | Deaths | Birth rate | Death rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 66,229 | 35,345 | 29.7 | 15.8 | |
| 1950 | 62,410 | 29,699 | 19.1 | 9.1 | |
| 1970 | 64,551 | 38,723 | 16.6 | 10.0 | |
| 1990 | 60,939 | 46,021 | 14.4 | 10.9 | |
| 2000 | 59,229 | 44,225 | 13.2 | 9.8 | |
| 2006 | 58,500 | 41,200 | 12.5 | 9 |
[edit] Total fertility rate
1.90 children born/woman (2006)
TFR for Norwegian residents by country of birth in 2004: Norway (1.8), Somalia (4.4), Iraq (4.3), Morocco (3.6), Pakistan (3.2), Turkey (2.3), Iran (1.6), Vietnam (2.0), Sri Lanka (2.7), India (1.8), and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.7). [3]
[edit] Infant mortality rate
(2005)
total: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births
[edit] Life expectancy at birth
(2005)
total population: 79.25 years
male: 77.7 years
female: 82.5 years
[edit] Migration
[edit] Net migration rate
1.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
[edit] Language
[edit] Official languages
Norwegian (the written standards Bokmål and Nynorsk).
Five Finno-Ugric languages - Finnish, South Sami, Lule Sami, North Sami and the Kven language, are additional official languages of some municipalities.
[edit] Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA%
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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