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Geography
Area : 323,802 km²
Borders : 2,566 km (Finland 727 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km)
Coastline : 83,281 km (including 58,133 km of island coastlines)
Capital : Oslo
Official language : Norwegian
Source : The CIA World Factbook
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Population
Population : 5,488,984 inhabitants (2023)
Crude natural change rate : 1‰ (2022)
Population repartition: 16.7% under 15 years old; 18.4% over 65 years old (2023)
Foreign residents: EU nationals 7%, non-EU nationals 4% (2021)
Crude net migration rate: 3.9‰ (2023 est.)
First time asylum applicants: 5,350 (2023)
Life expectancy: men 81.6 years, women 84.7 years (2023)
Religions: Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 67.5%, Muslim 3.1%, Roman Catholic 3.1%, other Christian 3.8%, other 2.6%, unspecified 19.9% (est. 2021)
Ethnic groups: Norwegian 81.5% (includes about 60,000 Sami), other European 8.9%, other 9.6% (est. 2021)
Source : Eurostat, The CIA World Factbook
Economy
Currency: Norwegian Krone (NOK) (exchange rate in Juy 2024: 1€ = 11.49 NOK)
GDP: € 448,904.1 million (2023)
GDP per capita (PPS): € 71,890 (2023)
GDP growth : 0.5% (2023)
Inflation: 2.7% (May 2024)
Public debt: 44.3% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Unemployment: 4.1% (May 2024)
Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 44% of GDP (2022)
Performance sectors: oil and gas, food-processing, shipbuilding
Budget balance: 11.6% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Source : Eurostat, IMF, OECD, Trading Economics
Political system
Constitutional monarchy
Head of State King Harald V, since 17th January 1991.
Head of government Jonas Gahr Støre (LabourParty) since 14th October 2021, appointed by the King with the consent of Parliament, following the parliamentary elections of 13th September 2021. He is leading a coaltion with the Centre Party and the Labour Party.
Monocameral Parliamentary System The Parliament (Storting) comprises 169 seats. The deputies are elected for a four-year term by direct universal suffrage according to proportional representation. While carrying out its functions, the Parliament is divided into two Houses called the Odelsting (3/4 of the Assembly) and Lagting (1/4), which have almost exactly the same powers. Governmental projects must first be submitted to the Odelsting, and then to the Lagting. Questions regarding the State budget and constitutional amendments are discussed in plenary sessions.
Political representation
Parliamentary composition after the 13th September 2021 elections
- 48 seats Labour Party (DNA)
- 36 seats Conservative Party (H)
- 21 seats Progress Party (FrP)
- 28 seats Centre Party (Sp)
- 13 seats Socialist Left Party (SV)
- 3 seats Christian People’s Party (KrF)
- 8 seats Liberal Party (V)
- 3 seats Ecologist Party (MDG)
- 8 seats Red Party
- 1 seat Patient Focus (PF)
Women's representations
- in government: 9/20
- in Parliament: 78/169
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