Norway: country data and statistics

Current time in Norway:

00:00

Januar 2021

The countrywide time in Norway is Central European Time (CET).
As in many countries far away from the equator, there is a daylight saving time in summer.
Related to GMT, the time difference is usually +1 hours in summer and +2 hours in winter.

Timezones and clock changes

Public Holidays in Norway

Sunrise and sunset

Population

› Population:

5,348,000

› Population per km²:

13.88

› Life expectancy males:

Ø 81.1 years

Life expectancy females:

Ø 84.5 years

Birthrate:

10.4 ‰

Deathrate:

7.7 ‰

Males/Females:

50.5% : 49.5%

Population pyramid

The currency in Norway is Norwegian Krone (NOK).
1 Krone is divided into 100 Øre.
Status: 01/20/2021

1 US Dollar = 8.52 Kronen
1 Krone = 0.12 US Dollar

The climate in Norway

The country is much further away from the equator than Central Europe. This means that the winter days in Norway are much darker, colder and also shorter. The country is under cold polar climate. Depending on the season, the average daytime temperatures range between -1 and 20 degrees. In some parts of the country the temperature raises up to 24 °C. In the colder months and depending in the region, the temperature lowers down to -6°C in a month's average.

Average daytime and nighttime temperatures

Languages

Official language:

Norwegian

mother tongue	distribution
› Norwegian	96.6 %
› English	0.5 %
› Danish	0.4 %
› Swedish	0.3 %
other	2.2 %

Religions

Branch	distribution
Lutherans	82.1%
Roman Catholics	1.8%
other Christs	3.9%
Muslims	2.3%
other	9.9%

Economy more...

GDP:	360.28 bn €
Exportations:	131.55 bn €
Importations:	126.36 bn €
Budget surplus:	20,065 M €
› Tourism receipts:	6.01 bn €
› Gross debt:	103.30 bn €
› Unemployment rate:	3.3 %
› Inflation rate:	2.17 %
› corruption index:	84 (good)
› Energy consumption:	122.2 bn kWh

With an Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.954 Norway counts as one of the high developed economies by UN-definition. The IMF also shares this classification.

Land use

5% Urban areas:	20,282 km²
3% Agricultural areas:	9,858 km²
31% Forest:	121,075 km²
5% Water areas:	20,080 km²
56% Others:	213,908 km²

Transport more...

Roadways:	94,902 km
Railways:	4,200 km
Waterways:	1,577 km
Commercial harbors:	1,576
› Airports:	95

Geography

Norway is a country on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The land has a total area of 385,203 km² and a total coastline of 25,148 km. This area is approximately 95% of the area of California. is comparatively low at an average height of 460 meters above sea level.

The country has 239,057 mostly uninhabited islands in the open sea. There are direct national borders with the 3 neighbouring countries Finland, Sweden and Russia. The distance between New York City and the Capital Oslo is about 5,920 km.

Most important cities

City	Region	Population
Oslo / Capital	Oslo	681,000
Bergen	Hordaland	266,000
Trondheim	Sør-Trøndelag	178,000
Stavanger	Rogaland	128,000
Drammen	Buskerud	91,000
Fredrikstad	Østfold	73,000
Kristiansand	Vest-Agder	64,000
Sandnes	Rogaland	63,000
Tromsø	Troms	52,000
Sarpsborg	Østfold	52,000
Skien	Telemark	51,000
Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	44,000
Sandefjord	Vestfold	43,000
Haugesund	Rogaland	40,000
Tønsberg	Vestfold	39,000
Moss	Østfold	34,000
Porsgrunn	Telemark	34,000
Bodø	Nordland	34,000
Arendal	Aust-Agder	31,000
Hamar	Hedmark	29,000
Larvik	Vestfold	23,000
Halden	Østfold	22,000
Steinkjer	Nord-Trøndelag	20,000
Harstad	Troms	19,000
Lillehammer	Oppland	19,000
Molde	Møre og Romsdal	19,000
Lillestrøm	Akershus	14,000
Vadsø	Finnmark Fylke	5,140
Hermansverk	Sogn og Fjordane	2,000

Political indicators

(Based on the "Worldwide Governance Indicators" project of the World Bank)

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Death penalty:	abolished in 1979

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