One in every 2,538 babies born in the world today is born in Norway. Norway has about 52,000 births a year, around 0.0% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
52,000
Share of world births
0.0%
Birth odds
1/2,538
Life expectancy
83 years
Risk of dying before age 5
0.2%
Income per person, PPP
US$90,000
Children per woman
1.4
Urban population
84%

Life expectancy in Norway is 83 years, which is 10 years longer than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 2 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.

Income per person is about US$90,000 in purchasing power. That is 3.9 times the world average.

On average a woman has 1.4 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 84% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 16% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity76%
  • No religion20%
  • Islam4%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Erik · Lars · Oskar · Magnus · Astrid · Freja · Ingrid · Maja

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.