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Facts

Population: 4,627,926 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 19% (male 450,612/female 430,126) 15-64 years: 66.1% (male 1,552,473/female 1,507,638) 65 years and over: 14.8% (male 291,659/female 395,418) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.363% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 11.27 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 9.37 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.048 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.738 male(s)/female total population: 0.984 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 3.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.67 years male: 77.04 years female: 82.46 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.78 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,100 (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Norwegian(s) adjective: Norwegian.

Ethnic groups: Norwegian, Sami 20,000.

Religions: Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004).

Languages: Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%.

GDP (purchasing power parity): $213.6 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 4.6% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $46,300 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2.3% industry: 41.4% services: 56.3% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 2.42 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 4% industry: 22% services: 74% (1995).

Population below poverty line: NA%.

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 21.8% (1995).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.3% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 3.5% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $195.8 billion expenditures: $133.1 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: barley, wheat, potatoes; pork, beef, veal, milk; fish.

Industries: petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing.

Industrial production growth rate: 1.8% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 108.9 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 112.8 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 3.8 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 15.3 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $122.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment, metals, chemicals, ships, fish.

Exports - partners: UK 25.5%, Germany 12.6%, Netherlands 9.9%, France 9.1%, US 6.7%, Sweden 6.5% (2005).

Imports: $59.9 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs.

Imports - partners: Sweden 14.6%, Germany 13.6%, Denmark 7.3%, UK 6.8%, China 5.5%, US 5%, France 4% (2005).

Debt - external: $350.3 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2006).

Economic aid - donor: ODA, $1.4 billion (1998).

Currency (code): Norwegian krone (NOK).

Exchange rates: Norwegian kroner per US dollar - 6.4117 (2006), 6.4425 (2005), 6.7408 (2004), 7.0802 (2003), 7.9838 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.