Demographics of Northern Norway

See also: Demographics of Norway

Statistics Norway demographic statistics

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1769	59,576	—
1801	79,134	+32.8%
1855	132,245	+67.1%
1900	259,315	+96.1%
1950	339,218	+30.8%
2000	464,328	+36.9%
2010?	464,665	+0.1%
2020?	475,701	+2.4%
2030?	489,019	+2.8%
Source: Statistics Norway [1][2][3][4][5][6].

The following demographic statistics are from the Statistics Norway, unless otherwise indicated.

Age and sex distribution

Age structure

Norway

(2005 est.)
0–14 years: 19.7% (male 466,243; female 443,075)
15–64 years: 65.6% (male 1,234,384; female 1,486,887)
65 years and over: 14.7% (male 285,389; female 392,331)

Northern Norway

(2009 est.)
0–14 years: 18.9% (male 44,848; female 42,315)
15–64 years: 65.5% (male 156,476; female 147,465)
65 years and over: 15.6% (male 32,017; female 40,304)

Population

• • 464,328 (January 1, 2000)
  • 464,649 (July 1,2009)
• Population growth
  • 321 (0.06 %)

Population - comparative

slightly larger than Malta, but slightly smaller than Luxembourg.

Population growth rate

0.29% (in 2008)

Population growth rate - comparative

slightly larger than United Kingdom, but slightly smaller than Denmark.

Total fertility rate

1.98 children born/woman (2007)

Language

Main article: Norwegian language

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA%