The current population of Norway is 5,648,774 people, as of 2026 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 5,572,279 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Norway is projected to reach 5.9M people in 2050.
- For the last 20 years, Norway has had an average growth rate of 1.06% per year.
- Since 2006, population has increased from 4.66M people to 5.65M (21.2% growth in 20 years).
- Norway accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
- Norway is ranked 119/197 by population and was ranked 116th in 2006.
Norway population clock
Norway
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5648774
|
8280917972
|
| Population rank | 119/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
9.98 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
10.1 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
12.1 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +144 | +213,016 |
| Annual growth/decline | +52,678 | +77,751,015 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.95% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 106/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
11.8 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +44,356 | N/A |
Norway population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3,581,239 | - |
| 1961 | 3,609,800 | 0.8% |
| 1962 | 3,638,918 | 0.81% |
| 1963 | 3,666,537 | 0.76% |
| 1964 | 3,694,339 | 0.76% |
| 1965 | 3,723,168 | 0.78% |
| 1966 | 3,753,012 | 0.8% |
| 1967 | 3,784,539 | 0.84% |
| 1968 | 3,816,486 | 0.84% |
| 1969 | 3,847,707 | 0.82% |
| 1970 | 3,875,763 | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 3,903,039 | 0.7% |
| 1972 | 3,933,004 | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 3,960,612 | 0.7% |
| 1974 | 3,985,258 | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 4,007,313 | 0.55% |
| 1976 | 4,026,152 | 0.47% |
| 1977 | 4,043,205 | 0.42% |
| 1978 | 4,058,671 | 0.38% |
| 1979 | 4,072,517 | 0.34% |
| 1980 | 4,085,620 | 0.32% |
| 1981 | 4,099,702 | 0.34% |
| 1982 | 4,114,787 | 0.37% |
| 1983 | 4,128,432 | 0.33% |
| 1984 | 4,140,099 | 0.28% |
| 1985 | 4,152,516 | 0.3% |
| 1986 | 4,167,354 | 0.36% |
| 1987 | 4,186,905 | 0.47% |
| 1988 | 4,209,488 | 0.54% |
| 1989 | 4,226,901 | 0.41% |
| 1990 | 4,241,473 | 0.34% |
| 1991 | 4,261,732 | 0.48% |
| 1992 | 4,286,401 | 0.58% |
| 1993 | 4,311,991 | 0.6% |
| 1994 | 4,336,613 | 0.57% |
| 1995 | 4,359,184 | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 4,381,336 | 0.51% |
| 1997 | 4,405,157 | 0.54% |
| 1998 | 4,431,464 | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 4,461,913 | 0.69% |
| 2000 | 4,490,967 | 0.65% |
| 2001 | 4,513,751 | 0.51% |
| 2002 | 4,538,159 | 0.54% |
| 2003 | 4,564,855 | 0.59% |
| 2004 | 4,591,910 | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 4,623,291 | 0.68% |
| 2006 | 4,660,677 | 0.81% |
| 2007 | 4,709,153 | 1.04% |
| 2008 | 4,768,212 | 1.25% |
| 2009 | 4,828,726 | 1.27% |
| 2010 | 4,889,252 | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 4,953,088 | 1.31% |
| 2012 | 5,018,573 | 1.32% |
| 2013 | 5,079,623 | 1.22% |
| 2014 | 5,137,232 | 1.13% |
| 2015 | 5,188,607 | 1% |
| 2016 | 5,234,519 | 0.88% |
| 2017 | 5,276,968 | 0.81% |
| 2018 | 5,311,916 | 0.66% |
| 2019 | 5,347,896 | 0.68% |
| 2020 | 5,379,475 | 0.59% |
| 2021 | 5,408,320 | 0.54% |
| 2022 | 5,457,127 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 5,519,601 | 1.14% |
| 2024 | 5,572,279 | 0.95% |
| 2025 | 5,618,660 | 0.83% |
| 2026 | 5,648,550 | 0.53% |
| 2027 | 5,669,092 | 0.36% |
| 2028 | 5,688,782 | 0.35% |
| 2029 | 5,707,214 | 0.32% |
| 2030 | 5,724,593 | 0.3% |
| 2031 | 5,741,147 | 0.29% |
| 2032 | 5,756,671 | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 5,771,055 | 0.25% |
| 2034 | 5,784,415 | 0.23% |
| 2035 | 5,796,858 | 0.22% |
| 2036 | 5,808,729 | 0.2% |
| 2037 | 5,820,002 | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 5,830,612 | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 5,840,501 | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 5,849,280 | 0.15% |
| 2041 | 5,857,353 | 0.14% |
| 2042 | 5,864,774 | 0.13% |
| 2043 | 5,870,964 | 0.11% |
| 2044 | 5,876,299 | 0.09% |
| 2045 | 5,881,399 | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 5,885,779 | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 5,889,164 | 0.06% |
| 2048 | 5,892,138 | 0.05% |
| 2049 | 5,894,308 | 0.04% |
| 2050 | 5,895,200 | 0.02% |
Norway has a population of 5.65M as of 2026, compared to 5.23M in 2016, 4.66M in 2006, and 4.38M in 1996.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.79% per year. Norway is ranked 123rd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2046) Norway will have 5,885,779 people (4.2% growth) with a rank change from 119th to 121st.
By the year 2100, Norway's population is projected to decline by 4.24% to 5.41M people.
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Norway population statistics
|
Norway
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 83.8 years | 73.8 years |
| Average age | 41.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 40.7 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.4 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 39.6 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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