Norway People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 4,165,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0.3%

Nationality: noun—Norwegian(s); adjective—Norwegian

Ethnic divisions: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic) and racial-cultural minority of 20,000 Lapps

Religion: 94% Evangelical Lutheran (state church), 4% other Protestant and Roman

Catholic, 2% other

Language: Norwegian (official); small

Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Infant mortality rate: 7.9/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy men 72 7, women 79.5

Literacy: 100%

Labor force: 2 031 million (1984); 30 9% services; 19 6% mining and manufacturing; 16.7% commerce; 8 8% transportation; 7.6% construction; 7.2% agriculture, forestry, fishing; 5.7% banking and financial services (1983); 3.9% unemployed (1984)

Organized labor: 66% of labor force (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.