People in Norway

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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: 45% (1976 est.)

male: 100%

female: 100%