Official name
Kingdom of Norway
Name in local language
Kongeriket Norge (nb) ; Kongeriket Noreg (nn)
Continent
Europe
Subcontinent
Europe (outside the European Union)
Population (ranking: 121e )
5,367,580 inhabitants (2020)
Population growth
0.70 % / year
Area
385,180 km²
Density
13.94 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 32e )434.751 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
81,807 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
1.40 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
83.00 years (2019)
Birth rate
10.15 ‰ (2019)
Fertility rate
1.53 children / woman (2019)
Death rate (ranking )
7.60 ‰ (2019)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
2.10 ‰ (2019)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2020)
Official languages
Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk)
Currency
Norwegian krone (NOK)
HDI (ranking: 7e )0.954 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )77.49 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Head of State
King Harald V
National Day
17 May (Constitution of 1814)
ISO Codes NO, NOR
Demonym
Norwegian
Tourists (ranking )
6,252,000 people (2017)
Norway is a country in Northern Europe, west of the Scandinavian peninsula. It has common borders with Sweden , Finland and Russia . Its long Atlantic coast is home to many fjords.
Oslo Opera, Norway. Source: Most Beautiful Spots Fjord in Trolltunga, Norway. Source: Wildlife Archives Norway – population (2016). Source: Statistics Norway Glacier, Svalbard, Norway. Photo: Paul Nicklen. Source: Wildlife Archives Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Oslo
1,520,934 inhabitants
Bergen
413,462 inhabitants
Stavanger
335,934 inhabitants
Trondheim
275,845 inhabitants
Kristiansand
160,963 inhabitants
Tromsø
76,196 inhabitants
Moss
60,644 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions
Population
Area
Jan Mayen
18 inhabitants
377 km²
Nord-Norge
483,387 inhabitants
112,975 km²
Svalbard
2,667 inhabitants
61,022 km²
Sørlandet
295,644 inhabitants
16,434 km²
Trøndelag (Midt-Norge)
451,247 inhabitants
41,254 km²
Vestlandet
1,361,492 inhabitants
58,532 km²
Østlandet
2,593,085 inhabitants
94,575 km²
See also
