Population: 4,202,502 (July 1989), growth rate 0.3% (1989)

Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 73 years male, 80 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Norwegian(s); adjective--Norwegian

Ethnic divisions: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic) and racial-cultural minority of 20,000 Lapps

Religion: 94% Evangelical Lutheran (state church), 4% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 2% other

Language: Norwegian (official); small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Literacy: 100%

Labor force: 2,128,000; 33.0% services, 17.4% commerce, 17.2% mining and manufacturing, 8.6% transportation, 7.4% construction, 7.2% agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 6.8% banking and financial services (1986)

Organized labor: 66% of labor force (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.