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General Information

Region		Northern Europe
Population (000, 2025)		5 623^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		18.5^a,b
Capital city		Oslo
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		1 026.8^d
UN membership date		27 November 1945
Surface area (km2)		323 772^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.6^a,b
National currency		Norwegian Krone (NOK)
Exchange rate (per US$)		11.4^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	388 160	367 633	485 311^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.9	-1.3	0.5^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	74 793.0	68 343.0	87 932.0^c
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	1.7	2.1	2.3^c
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	35.5	30.4	43.4^c
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	62.9	67.5	54.3^c
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	2	2.1	2.5^c
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	20.1	19.5	18.9^c
Employment in services^j (% employed)	77.9	78.4	78.5^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4.3	4.4	3.6^j
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	62.7 / 68.9	62.0 / 68.0	61.6 / 68.4
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	109	122	145^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	101	95^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	103 785	82 749	168 267^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	76 399	81 624	101 266^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	27 386	1 125	67 001^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	31 106	4 212	82 511^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	0.9	0.4	0.7^a
Urban population^b (% of total population)	81.1	82.6^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7^b,k	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	1.7	1.5	1.4^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	84.1 / 80.4	84.9 / 81.5	85.1 / 82.1^a
Population age distribution^b,l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.0 / 21.8	17.2 / 23.5	15.9 / 25.0^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	746.4 / 14.4	852.2 / 15.8	1 012.4 / 18.2^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	54.9	55	111.8^e
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	2.8	2.1	2^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.1	11.4	7.9^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	4.1	4.7	5^c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.4 / 99.4	98.9 / 98.8	98.5 / 98.7^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.7 / 102.4	106.1 / 103.9	104.5 / 101.6^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	123.0 / 130.7	128.6 / 141.3	129.1 / 136.7^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.5	0.6	0.7^c
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	39.6	41.4ⁿ	44.4ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	96.8	94.6^o	99^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.9	2.2	1.9^p
Threatened species (number)	44	115	161^e
Forested area (% of land area)	33.2	33.4	33.5^m
CO2 emission estimates^b (million tons/tons per capita)	29.3 / 5.6	33.5 / 6.2	27.3 / 5.0^m
Energy production, primary^b (Petajoules)	8 814	8 732	9 044^m
Energy supply per capita^b (Gigajoules)	205	213	192^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	5 361	1 397	4 979^m
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	53.1	56.8	56.8^e
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^r (% of GNI)	1.12	1.11	1.13^c

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
c		2023
d		2019
e		2024
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		2022
n		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
o		Population aged 16 to 79 years.
p		2021
q		Non-resident tourists staying in all types of accommodation establishments.
r		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).