Population growth rate in Norway
Norway: Population growth rate was 1.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population growth rate in Norway, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, population growth rate in Norway stood at 1.1%.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population growth rate in Norway peaked at 1.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1984.
That places Norway 107th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Population growth rate in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.9% | — |
| 1951 | 0.9% | +1.6% |
| 1952 | 1.0% | +3.6% |
| 1953 | 1.0% | +2.7% |
| 1954 | 1.0% | -3.5% |
| 1955 | 1.0% | +6.3% |
| 1956 | 0.9% | -16.6% |
| 1957 | 0.9% | +6.9% |
| 1958 | 0.9% | -7.4% |
| 1959 | 0.8% | -1.9% |
| 1960 | 0.8% | -9.8% |
| 1961 | 0.8% | +10.9% |
| 1962 | 0.8% | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 0.7% | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 0.8% | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 0.8% | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 0.8% | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 0.9% | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 0.8% | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 0.8% | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 0.6% | -19.7% |
| 1971 | 0.8% | +17.8% |
| 1972 | 0.8% | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6% | -19.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6% | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.5% | -20.7% |
| 1976 | 0.5% | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 0.4% | -12.2% |
| 1978 | 0.4% | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 0.3% | -14.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 0.4% | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 0.4% | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.3% | -23.5% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.3% | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 0.4% | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | +39.0% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | -44.9% |
| 1990 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 0.6% | +42.1% |
| 1992 | 0.6% | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | -9.2% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 0.6% | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | +18.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -25.3% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -17.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | +35.4% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | +19.9% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | +35.8% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -16.5% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +19.9% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -40.1% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +42.2% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | +85.6% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | -4.7% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 1.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5%, 2.3× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Norway's 1.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 15.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Population growth rate in Norway changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +85.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is population growth rate in Norway?
- Population growth rate in Norway was 1.1% in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest population growth rate recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest population growth rate recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1984.
- How does Norway rank for population growth rate?
- Norway ranks 107th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population growth rate rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Population growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.