🇳🇴 Norway Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇳🇴 Norway NO / NOR #67

Nomad Score 55.0

Cities 19

Region European Free Trade Association, Scandinavia, Nordic Countries, Arctic Circle, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency NOK

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 5.6M

Density 14.5/km²

HDI 0.970 (Very High)

Gini Index (2018) 27.6

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Norwegian Nynorsk	Norsk nynorsk
Norwegian Bokmål	Norsk bokmål
Sami	-

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	68.5%
No religion	27.3%
Islam	3.4%
Other	0.8%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Norwegian	78.6%
Non-norwegian	21.4%

Demonym (male) Norwegian

Demonym (female) Norwegian

National Anthem Ja, vi elsker dette landet

🏥 HEALTHCARE

HALE (2021) 71.2 yrs

UHC Index (2021) 80/100

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Learning Outcomes (2020) 514

Broadband (2023) 45.4/100

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 45.4

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 386,224 km²

Capital Oslo 📍

Continent Europe

Region Europe

Subregion Northern Europe

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+01:00

Calling Codes +47

Postal Code ####

TLD .no

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇷🇺 Russia

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Norway has a red field with a large white-edged navy blue cross that extends to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.