Population: 4,273,442 (July 1991), growth rate 0.5% (1991)

Birth rate: 14 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 2 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 81 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1991)

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

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

Religion: Evangelical Lutheran (state church) 87.8%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980)

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

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)

Labor force: 2,167,000 (September 1990); services 34.7%, commerce 18%, mining and manufacturing 16.6%, banking and financial services 7.5%, transportation and communications 7.2%, construction 7.2%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6.4% (1989)

Organized labor: 66% of labor force (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.