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Norway

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Key facts

  • currency: Norwegian krone
  • capital city: Oslo
  • region: Northern Europe
  • continent: Europe
  • land area: 364,285 km²
  • population: 5,519,594 people
  • political leader: Erna Solberg (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Summary

Norway is a country. The capital city is Oslo, located in the Northern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 364,285 km², a population of 5,519,594 people and uses the currency Norwegian krone. The Prime Minister is Erna Solberg.

Location on a map: [62°0′N, 10°0′E]

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Environment

Norway is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Northern Europe and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 9,859.62 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 31.32 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 42.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.10 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 1.81 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 95.83 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.02 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.88 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -581.35 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.41 births per woman
  • Forest area: 121,800 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 56.95 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 69.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 35.80
  • Methane emissions: 22.97 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.06 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 2,733,825 people
  • Male population: 2,785,769 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 60.90 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 306,188.46 km²
  • Rural population: 883,411 people
  • Urban land area: 2,007.78 km²
  • Urban population: 4,636,183 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.89 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Norway by population

Cities in Norway

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Norway

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Norway

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Norway

Evolution of historical forest area in Norway

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Norway

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Norway

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Norway

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Norway

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Norway

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Norway

Evolution of historical land area in Norway

Evolution of historical median age in Norway

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Norway

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Norway

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Norway

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Norway

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Norway

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Norway

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Norway

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Norway

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Norway

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Norway

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Norway

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Norway

Evolution of historical population in Norway

Relationship between urban land area and population in Norway

Evolution of historical female population in Norway

Evolution of historical male population in Norway

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Norway

Evolution of historical rural land area in Norway

Evolution of historical rural population in Norway

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Norway

Evolution of historical urban land area in Norway

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Norway

Evolution of historical urban population in Norway

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Norway

Relationship between population and date in Norway

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Norway

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Norway

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Norway

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Norway

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Norway

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Norway

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Norway

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Norway

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Norway

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Norway

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Norway

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Norway

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Norway

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Norway

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Norway

Distribution of sites in Norway by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Norway

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Norway

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Norway

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Norway

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Norway

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Norway

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Norway

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Norway

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Norway

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Norway

Geographical distribution of sites in Norway by area

Sites in Norway

Proportion of transboundary sites in Norway

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Norway by mean width

Wildfires in Norway

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Norway

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 25,000 people
  • Democracy score: 9.87
  • Democracy type: Full democracy
  • Individuals using the internet: 99.00 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.64 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 27,998 people
  • Press freedom: 10.00
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 46.15 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Norway

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Norway

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Norway

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Norway

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Norway

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Norway

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Norway

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Norway

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Norway

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Norway

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Norway

Evolution of historical net migration in Norway

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Norway

Political parties in Norway

Distribution of politicians from Norway by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Norway

Politicians from Norway

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Business

  • Central government debt: 28.71 % of GDP
  • Expense: 29.40 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 485,513,316,503.63 current US$
  • Inflation: 5.52 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 4.59 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 31.27 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 3.58 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 3.85 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in Norway

Distribution of companies founded in Norway by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Norway

Companies from Norway

Proportion of employee types in companies from Norway

Evolution of historical central government debt in Norway

Evolution of historical expense in Norway

Evolution of historical GDP in Norway

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Norway

Evolution of historical inflation in Norway

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Norway

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Norway

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Norway

Evolution of historical unemployment in Norway

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Norway

Exchanges in Norway

Proportion of shops per country in Norway

Shops in Norway

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Health

  • Birth rate: 9.40 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 8.40 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 8,693.00 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 8.14 % of GDP
  • Hospital beds: 3.40 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 83
  • Suicide mortality rate: 11.80 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical death rate in Norway

Evolution of historical birth rate in Norway

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Norway

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Norway

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Norway

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Norway

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Norway

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Norway

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Norway

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Norway

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Norway

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Norway

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Norway

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Norway

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Norway

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Norway

Diseases in Norway

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Norway

Proportion of diseases in Norway by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Norway by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Norway

Evolution of historical deaths in Norway

Relationship between cases and deaths in Norway

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Norway by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Norway

Athletes from Norway

Proportion of competitions per city in Norway

Competitions in Norway

Proportion of competitions per country in Norway

Distribution of competitions in Norway by start date

Proportion of medals won by Norway in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Norway

Distribution of artists from Norway by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Norway

Geographical distribution of museums in Norway by visitors

Museums in Norway

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Norway by total students

Distribution of universities in Norway per foundation year

Universities in Norway

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In literature

There are 391 books written about Norway in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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