Norway Population (LIVE)

5,624,509

Norway Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Norway is 5,624,272 as of Saturday, July 12, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Norway 2025 population is estimated at 5,623,071 people at mid-year.
Norway population is equivalent to 0.068% of the total world population.
Norway ranks number 119 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Norway is 15 per Km² (40 people per mi²).
The total land area is 365,268 Km² (141,031 sq. miles).
85.90% of the population is urban (4,830,373 people in 2025)
The median age in Norway is 39.8 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Norway (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Norway Global Rank
2025	5,623,071	0.83%	46,411	29,798	39.8	1.42	15	85.9%	4,830,373	0.068%	8,231,613,070	119
2024	5,576,660	1.04%	57,493	44,356	39.7	1.41	15	85.5%	4,768,820	0.068%	8,161,972,572	119
2023	5,519,167	1.14%	62,366	53,806	39.5	1.41	15	85.3%	4,706,745	0.068%	8,091,734,930	118
2022	5,456,801	0.72%	38,764	58,040	39.4	1.42	15	85.1%	4,644,576	0.068%	8,021,407,192	119
2020	5,379,274	0.72%	37,901	11,277	39	1.48	15	84.1%	4,521,838	0.068%	7,887,001,292	119
2015	5,189,771	1.2%	60,122	30,242	38.2	1.73	14	81.2%	4,216,608	0.069%	7,470,491,872	118
2010	4,889,162	1.13%	53,208	42,865	37.7	1.94	13	79%	3,864,811	0.070%	7,021,732,148	118
2005	4,623,124	0.58%	26,451	18,588	36.9	1.83	13	77.8%	3,598,210	0.070%	6,586,970,132	117
2000	4,490,867	0.6%	26,375	9,805	35.8	1.85	12	76.2%	3,420,409	0.073%	6,171,702,993	114
1995	4,358,993	0.55%	23,511	6,343	35.1	1.87	12	73.9%	3,222,278	0.076%	5,758,878,982	116
1990	4,241,440	0.43%	17,808	1,818	34.4	1.93	12	72.1%	3,056,180	0.080%	5,327,803,110	112
1985	4,152,400	0.32%	13,359	6,725	33.6	1.68	11	71.3%	2,961,588	0.085%	4,868,943,465	108
1980	4,085,604	0.39%	15,648	3,763	32.4	1.72	11	70.6%	2,882,531	0.092%	4,447,606,236	104
1975	4,007,365	0.67%	26,404	3,312	31.2	1.99	11	68.2%	2,732,942	0.098%	4,070,735,277	101
1970	3,875,345	0.8%	30,435	−1,034	31.8	2.51	11	65.4%	2,534,798	0.10%	3,694,683,794	96
1965	3,723,172	0.78%	28,410	−1,525	33.1	2.92	10	57.6%	2,144,102	0.11%	3,334,533,703	95
1960	3,581,121	0.87%	30,519	−1,427	33.4	2.85	10	49.9%	1,788,399	0.12%	3,015,470,894	90
1955	3,428,526	0.98%	32,667	1,309	32.6	2.76	9	50.2%	1,722,816	0.13%	2,740,213,792	86

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Norway Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Norway Global Rank
2030	5,729,095	0.37%	21,205	12,264	41.3	1.44	16	89.5%	5,129,851	0.067%	8,569,124,911	122
2035	5,801,417	0.25%	14,464	12,004	42.8	1.45	16	93.2%	5,409,370	0.065%	8,885,210,181	122
2040	5,853,869	0.18%	10,490	11,256	44	1.47	16	96.8%	5,666,033	0.064%	9,177,190,203	122
2045	5,886,017	0.11%	6,430	12,073	44.9	1.48	16			0.062%	9,439,639,668	122
2050	5,899,829	0.05%	2,762	11,797	45.5	1.5	16			0.061%	9,664,378,587	122

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Norway Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Norway

Life Expectancy

83.6 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

1.7

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

2.0

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Norway Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Norway delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Norway (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Norway in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.