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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · NOR

Norway

Europe · Northern Europe

Norway is recorded at 5.58m people in 2024, with total annual change of +53,762 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 578 · NOR

Norway

NOR · NO
HOLDING
population 5.58m
annual change +53,762
natural change +9,421
fertility 1.41
migrant share 18.2%

Early Warning · peak 2050 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 1.01m

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Norway in 2024
Births 52,516
Deaths -43,095
Natural change +9,421
Net migration +44,356
Total change +53,762
time anchors

-163,042

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Norway
This year +53,762
Since peak -323,169 since 2050
Projected 2100 5.41m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

18.2%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 5.52m

Norway 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 911.0k, ages 15-64 3.59m, ages 65+ 1.02m.

0-14
911.0k
15-64
3.59m
65+
1.02m
2050 2050 5.90m

Norway 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 817.9k, ages 15-64 3.50m, ages 65+ 1.58m.

0-14
817.9k
15-64
3.50m
65+
1.58m
2100 2100 5.41m

Norway 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 692.0k, ages 15-64 2.93m, ages 65+ 1.79m.

0-14
692.0k
15-64
2.93m
65+
1.79m
stage

Early Warning

Stage since 1975.

crossover

2036

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

3.46

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2029.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 5.58m 53,762 52.5k 43.1k 1.41
2030 5.73m 16,945 52.4k 47.7k 1.44
2050 5.90m 380 51.1k 62.5k 1.50
2080 5.67m -11,724 47.2k 68.7k 1.54
2100 5.41m -12,528 44.3k 65.2k 1.55