Population
5.6M
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$115,670
in 2031
Passport power
#6
118 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Oslo
of 17 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Kingdom of Norway
- Capital
- Oslo
- Continent
- Europe / Northern Europe
- Area
- 386,224 km²
- Population
- 5.6M
- Density
- 14.5/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .no
- Calling code
- +47
- Timezone
- UTC+01:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #6 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 118
- Total accessible
- 160
- Digital nomad visa
- Self-Employed Residence Permit $2,969/month · 12 mo
Culture and society
- Languages
- Norwegian Nynorsk (Norsk nynorsk), Norwegian Bokmål (Norsk bokmål), Sami
- Religions
- Christianity 68.5%, No religion 27.3%, Islam 3.4%, Other 0.8%
- Currencies
- kr NOK — Norwegian krone
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.970
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $115,670
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 83.2 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 99.0%
- Gini index (2018)
- 27.6
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.0%
- Unemployment (2031)
- 3.9%
- Urban population (2025)
- 83.6%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 7.2/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 6.7 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2023)
- 0.7/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.77