Norway People:
Population:
4,593,041 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.5% (male:459,418; female:437,734)
15-64 years: 65.7% (male:1,531,249; female:1,484,656)
65 years and over: 14.8% (male:286,343; female:393,641) (2005)
Median age:
total: 38.17 years
male: 37.29 years
female: 39.07 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.4% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
11.67 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
9.45 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.73 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 3.7 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 4.07 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 3.32 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 79.4 years (2005 est.)
male: 76.78 years
female: 82.17 years
Total fertility rate:
1.78 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
2,100 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective: Norwegian
Ethnic groups:
Norwegian , Sami Sami 20,000
Religions:
Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)
Languages:
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%
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