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Norway: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
5.64 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.7%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.8%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20315.81Forecast
20305.76Forecast
20295.74Forecast
20285.72Forecast
20275.70Forecast
20265.68Forecast
20255.64
20245.60
20235.54
20225.46
20215.41
20205.38
20195.35
20185.31
20175.28
20165.24

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Eitrheim, Klovland & Qvigstad1830–2017
  • Maddison Project Database1830–2022
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Bordo1880–1997
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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