European Union vs. Norway
Demographics
| European Union | Norway | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 450,131,902 (July 2021 est.) rank by population:
| 5,509,591 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.05% (male 34,978,216/female 33,217,600) 15-24 years: 10.39% (male 24,089,260/female 22,990,579) 25-54 years: 40.54% (male 92,503,000/female 91,144,596) 55-64 years: 13.52% (male 29,805,200/female 31,424,172) 65 years and over: 20.5% (male 39,834,507/female 53,020,673) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 17.96% (male 503,013/female 478,901) 15-24 years: 12.02% (male 336,597/female 320,720) 25-54 years: 40.75% (male 1,150,762/female 1,077,357) 55-64 years: 11.84% (male 328,865/female 318,398) 65 years and over: 17.43% (male 442,232/female 510,594) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 44 years male: 42.6 years female: 45.5 years (2020 est.) | total: 39.5 years male: 38.8 years female: 40.2 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.69% 0.10% (2021 est.) | 0.8% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.) | 12.09 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 8.01 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population 2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 3.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 2.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 1.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.63 years male: 72.98 years female: 82.51 years (2021 est.) | total population: 82.35 years male: 80.21 years female: 84.6 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.62 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.84 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | note - see individual entries of member states | 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | note - see individual entries of member states | 5,800 (2018 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 48%, Protestant 12%, Orthodox 8%, other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, other 1% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu), atheist 7%, non-believer/agnostic 16%, unspecified 2% (2012 est.) | Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 68.1%, Muslim 3.4%, Roman Catholic 3.1%, other Christian 3.8%, other 9.6%, unspecified 15.4% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | note - see individual entries of member states | <100 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Languages | Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish note: only the 24 official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - about 16% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 29% of the EU population is conversant with it (2020) | Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms major-language sample(s): Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Education expenditures | 4.6% of GDP (2017) | 7.9% of GDP (2017) |
| Health expenditures | 9.9% (2016) | 10.1% (2018) |
Source: CIA Factbook
