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The statistics cover the number of deaths per week, month and calendar year. Death, death rates, infant mortality and expectation of life can be indications of the general health state of the population.
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2015 2024 2025 February 2026 Deaths, total 40 727 44 242 45 041 3 748 Males 19 740 22 187 22 631 1 894 Females 20 987 22 055 22 410 1 854 Life expectancy at birth Males 80.36 81.59 81.61 Females 84.15 84.80 84.85 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Deaths and death ratesDownload table as ...Deaths and death rates
Deaths Deaths under 1 year of age Deaths per 1000 mean population Infant mortality Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females 2025 45 041 22 631 22 410 100 57 43 8.0 8.0 8.1 1.8 2.0 1.6 2024 44 242 22 187 22 055 111 66 45 7.9 7.9 8.0 2.0 2.4 1.7 2023 43 803 21 877 21 926 106 61 45 7.9 7.9 8.0 2.0 2.3 1.8 2020 40 611 20 043 20 568 92 57 35 7.5 7.4 7.7 1.7 2.1 1.3 2015 40 727 19 740 20 987 139 80 59 7.8 7.6 8.1 2.4 2.6 2.1 2005 41 232 20 113 21 119 175 96 79 8.9 8.8 9.1 3.1 3.3 2.9 1995 45 190 23 020 22 170 244 152 92 10.4 10.7 10.1 4.0 4.9 3.1 1985 44 372 23 783 20 589 434 268 166 10.7 11.6 9.8 8.5 10.2 6.7 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Age-specific death rates for males and femalesDownload table as ...Age-specific death rates for males and females
2025 Deaths per 100 000 mean population Males Females 0-4 years 50 37 5-9 years 7 5 10-14 years 8 6 15-19 years 34 15 20-24 years 42 15 25-29 years 60 24 30-34 years 70 34 35-39 years 75 45 40-44 years 113 57 45-49 years 146 100 50-54 years 233 158 55-59 years 382 241 60-64 years 651 440 65-69 years 1 089 757 70-74 years 1 893 1 314 75-79 years 3 367 2 376 80-84 years 5 886 4 363 85-89 years 11 306 8 606 90 years or older 24 510 22 404 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Life expectancy - remaining years for males and females at selected ages.Download table as ...Life expectancy - remaining years for males and females at selected ages.
0 years 1 year 5 years 10 years 20 years 30 years 40 years 50 years 60 years 70 years 80 years Males 2025 81.61 80.83 76.87 71.90 62.04 52.33 42.67 33.16 24.02 15.70 8.75 2024 81.59 80.78 76.81 71.82 61.98 52.30 42.65 33.17 24.07 15.81 8.84 2023 81.39 80.57 76.63 71.67 61.84 52.16 42.55 33.08 23.98 15.71 8.78 2020 81.48 80.65 76.68 71.70 61.85 52.17 42.51 33.03 23.94 15.70 8.74 2015 80.36 79.57 75.62 70.64 60.75 51.08 41.40 31.93 22.98 14.89 8.17 2005 77.72 76.98 73.06 68.11 58.30 48.80 39.26 29.93 21.18 13.42 7.31 1995 74.80 74.18 70.25 65.31 55.60 46.06 36.57 27.40 18.93 11.80 6.48 Females 2025 84.85 84.03 80.05 75.07 65.14 55.25 45.45 35.77 26.37 17.65 10.08 2024 84.80 83.94 80.00 75.03 65.12 55.26 45.43 35.75 26.43 17.71 10.18 2023 84.63 83.78 79.84 74.87 64.95 55.09 45.30 35.67 26.36 17.67 10.10 2020 84.89 84.00 80.03 75.05 65.15 55.29 45.48 35.84 26.51 17.81 10.25 2015 84.15 83.32 79.35 74.36 64.43 54.58 44.77 35.13 25.92 17.32 9.85 2005 82.52 81.75 77.80 72.83 62.94 53.16 43.43 33.93 24.90 16.54 9.33 1995 80.82 80.09 76.15 71.20 61.33 51.49 41.78 32.33 23.33 15.19 8.42 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Perinatal and infant mortalityDownload table as ...Perinatal and infant mortality
Late fetal deaths (deaths per 1000 births) Perinatal mortality (deaths per 1000 births) Under 24 hours (deaths per 1000 live births) Under 1 week (deaths per 1000 live births) Under 4 week (deaths per 1000 live births) 4 weeks - under 1 year (deaths per 1000 live births) Under 1 year, total (deaths per 1000 live births) 2025 2.4 3.5 0.4 1.0 1.3 0.5 1.8 2024 2.1 3.3 0.6 1.1 1.6 0.5 2.1 2023 2.4 3.4 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.7 2.0 2020 2.5 3.4 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.4 1.7 2015 2.7 4.0 0.7 1.3 1.6 0.7 2.4 2005 3.2 4.8 0.7 1.6 2.1 1.0 3.1 1995 3.6 5.8 1.3 2.2 2.7 1.4 4.1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Life tablesDownload table as ...Life tables
2025 Survivors (per 100 000) at age x Death (per 100 000) at age x to x+1 Life expectancy - remaining years at age x Probability of death at age x (per 1 000) Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females 0 years 100 000 100 000 100 000 246 271 219 83.23 81.61 84.85 2.459 2.714 2.186 1 year 99 754 99 729 99 781 15 22 8 82.43 80.83 84.03 0.151 0.221 0.077 2 years 99 739 99 706 99 774 9 15 4 81.44 79.85 83.04 0.094 0.146 0.038 3 years 99 730 99 692 99 770 7 7 7 80.45 78.86 82.04 0.068 0.067 0.070 4 years 99 723 99 685 99 763 5 7 4 79.46 77.87 81.05 0.054 0.070 0.037 5 years 99 718 99 678 99 759 3 3 4 78.46 76.87 80.05 0.035 0.034 0.036 6 years 99 714 99 675 99 756 7 10 4 77.46 75.88 79.05 0.069 0.100 0.035 7 years 99 707 99 665 99 752 7 3 10 76.47 74.88 78.06 0.067 0.032 0.103 8 years 99 701 99 662 99 742 6 12 0 75.47 73.89 77.07 0.064 0.124 0.000 9 years 99 694 99 649 99 742 6 6 7 74.48 72.90 76.07 0.064 0.062 0.066 10 years 99 688 99 643 99 735 6 9 3 73.48 71.90 75.07 0.063 0.092 0.033 11 years 99 682 99 634 99 732 5 6 3 72.49 70.91 74.07 0.047 0.062 0.032 12 years 99 677 99 628 99 729 3 3 3 71.49 69.91 73.08 0.030 0.030 0.031 13 years 99 674 99 625 99 726 9 9 9 70.49 68.91 72.08 0.091 0.088 0.094 14 years 99 665 99 616 99 716 12 14 9 69.50 67.92 71.08 0.117 0.143 0.090 15 years 99 653 99 602 99 707 13 20 6 68.51 66.93 70.09 0.130 0.196 0.059 16 years 99 640 99 582 99 701 16 25 6 67.52 65.94 69.09 0.160 0.252 0.060 17 years 99 624 99 557 99 695 24 31 15 66.53 64.96 68.10 0.237 0.315 0.154 18 years 99 601 99 526 99 680 50 70 27 65.54 63.98 67.11 0.498 0.705 0.274 19 years 99 551 99 456 99 653 21 23 19 64.58 63.02 66.13 0.211 0.234 0.187 20 years 99 530 99 432 99 634 24 35 12 63.59 62.04 65.14 0.241 0.352 0.124 21 years 99 506 99 397 99 622 35 50 19 62.60 61.06 64.15 0.349 0.505 0.186 22 years 99 471 99 347 99 603 32 54 9 61.63 60.09 63.16 0.323 0.544 0.094 23 years 99 439 99 293 99 594 19 23 15 60.65 59.12 62.17 0.194 0.233 0.154 24 years 99 420 99 270 99 579 33 46 18 59.66 58.14 61.18 0.327 0.468 0.177 25 years 99 387 99 224 99 561 46 70 20 58.68 57.16 60.19 0.463 0.707 0.203 26 years 99 341 99 153 99 541 48 68 28 57.70 56.20 59.20 0.488 0.681 0.285 27 years 99 293 99 086 99 512 39 58 19 56.73 55.24 58.21 0.392 0.581 0.194 28 years 99 254 99 028 99 493 42 56 27 55.75 54.27 57.23 0.421 0.565 0.269 29 years 99 212 98 973 99 466 35 46 24 54.78 53.30 56.24 0.354 0.461 0.242 30 years 99 177 98 927 99 442 53 73 32 53.80 52.33 55.25 0.535 0.740 0.320 31 years 99 124 98 854 99 410 54 80 26 52.82 51.37 54.27 0.540 0.807 0.263 32 years 99 070 98 774 99 384 55 73 36 51.85 50.41 53.29 0.553 0.735 0.362 33 years 99 015 98 701 99 348 53 65 40 50.88 49.44 52.31 0.532 0.654 0.405 34 years 98 963 98 637 99 308 45 54 34 49.91 48.48 51.33 0.451 0.552 0.347 35 years 98 918 98 582 99 273 50 72 28 48.93 47.50 50.34 0.507 0.728 0.277 36 years 98 868 98 511 99 246 63 67 58 47.96 46.54 49.36 0.634 0.683 0.583 37 years 98 805 98 443 99 188 69 95 42 46.99 45.57 48.39 0.698 0.969 0.419 38 years 98 736 98 348 99 146 58 82 32 46.02 44.61 47.41 0.584 0.835 0.320 39 years 98 679 98 266 99 115 61 56 67 45.04 43.65 46.42 0.622 0.569 0.677 40 years 98 617 98 210 99 048 87 119 54 44.07 42.67 45.45 0.886 1.214 0.547 41 years 98 530 98 091 98 994 59 75 41 43.11 41.73 44.48 0.595 0.765 0.417 42 years 98 471 98 016 98 952 81 121 38 42.14 40.76 43.50 0.822 1.238 0.387 43 years 98 390 97 894 98 914 105 123 86 41.17 39.81 42.51 1.064 1.253 0.870 44 years 98 286 97 772 98 828 93 120 64 40.21 38.86 41.55 0.944 1.229 0.645 45 years 98 193 97 652 98 764 94 98 90 39.25 37.90 40.58 0.962 1.008 0.913 46 years 98 098 97 553 98 674 114 137 91 38.29 36.94 39.61 1.166 1.400 0.921 47 years 97 984 97 416 98 583 118 124 110 37.33 35.99 38.65 1.199 1.278 1.118 48 years 97 866 97 292 98 473 141 172 108 36.38 35.04 37.69 1.445 1.772 1.102 49 years 97 725 97 120 98 364 138 180 94 35.43 34.10 36.73 1.411 1.853 0.955 50 years 97 587 96 940 98 270 139 176 101 34.48 33.16 35.77 1.428 1.817 1.028 51 years 97 448 96 763 98 169 160 193 126 33.53 32.22 34.80 1.647 1.992 1.287 52 years 97 287 96 571 98 043 205 219 190 32.58 31.28 33.85 2.102 2.264 1.934 53 years 97 083 96 352 97 854 209 259 155 31.65 30.35 32.91 2.149 2.690 1.589 54 years 96 874 96 093 97 698 233 269 194 30.72 29.43 31.96 2.402 2.801 1.988 55 years 96 642 95 824 97 504 230 257 201 29.79 28.52 31.03 2.379 2.683 2.063 56 years 96 412 95 567 97 303 284 363 201 28.86 27.59 30.09 2.947 3.801 2.063 57 years 96 128 95 203 97 102 279 333 222 27.94 26.69 29.15 2.903 3.501 2.287 58 years 95 848 94 870 96 880 338 401 270 27.02 25.79 28.22 3.523 4.229 2.782 59 years 95 511 94 469 96 610 381 471 284 26.12 24.89 27.29 3.986 4.986 2.943 60 years 95 130 93 998 96 326 458 501 413 25.22 24.02 26.37 4.815 5.327 4.283 61 years 94 672 93 497 95 913 451 543 355 24.34 23.14 25.48 4.761 5.804 3.702 62 years 94 221 92 954 95 558 501 646 348 23.45 22.27 24.58 5.320 6.944 3.645 63 years 93 720 92 309 95 210 616 718 510 22.57 21.43 23.66 6.576 7.773 5.352 64 years 93 104 91 591 94 701 577 652 498 21.72 20.59 22.79 6.196 7.119 5.256 65 years 92 527 90 939 94 203 667 813 514 20.85 19.73 21.91 7.212 8.937 5.456 66 years 91 859 90 127 93 689 767 870 661 20.00 18.91 21.02 8.351 9.654 7.054 67 years 91 092 89 257 93 028 845 991 695 19.17 18.09 20.17 9.275 11.098 7.469 68 years 90 247 88 266 92 333 880 1 006 751 18.34 17.28 19.32 9.749 11.399 8.136 69 years 89 368 87 260 91 582 1 050 1 192 905 17.52 16.48 18.47 11.754 13.662 9.884 70 years 88 317 86 068 90 677 1 058 1 251 864 16.72 15.70 17.65 11.978 14.533 9.524 71 years 87 259 84 817 89 813 1 246 1 392 1 100 15.91 14.92 16.82 14.282 16.412 12.251 72 years 86 013 83 425 88 713 1 394 1 666 1 115 15.14 14.16 16.02 16.201 19.970 12.572 73 years 84 620 81 759 87 597 1 495 1 699 1 281 14.38 13.44 15.22 17.663 20.777 14.624 74 years 83 125 80 060 86 316 1 679 1 862 1 492 13.63 12.72 14.44 20.204 23.255 17.282 75 years 81 445 78 198 84 825 1 840 2 138 1 532 12.90 12.01 13.68 22.593 27.340 18.063 76 years 79 605 76 060 83 292 1 871 2 093 1 639 12.19 11.33 12.92 23.502 27.523 19.676 77 years 77 734 73 967 81 654 2 117 2 270 1 962 11.47 10.64 12.17 27.231 30.687 24.027 78 years 75 618 71 697 79 692 2 376 2 691 2 058 10.77 9.96 11.46 31.427 37.533 25.828 79 years 73 241 69 006 77 633 2 762 3 133 2 396 10.11 9.33 10.75 37.710 45.395 30.866 80 years 70 479 65 874 75 237 2 784 3 001 2 566 9.48 8.75 10.08 39.501 45.550 34.104 81 years 67 695 62 873 72 671 3 183 3 344 3 027 8.85 8.14 9.41 47.027 53.188 41.649 82 years 64 512 59 529 69 645 3 400 3 704 3 117 8.27 7.57 8.80 52.703 62.230 44.756 83 years 61 112 55 825 66 528 3 723 3 982 3 499 7.70 7.04 8.19 60.923 71.336 52.599 84 years 57 389 51 842 63 028 3 641 3 937 3 374 7.16 6.54 7.62 63.442 75.951 53.531 85 years 53 748 47 905 59 654 4 021 4 239 3 846 6.62 6.04 7.02 74.818 88.480 64.468 86 years 49 727 43 666 55 809 4 208 4 124 4 329 6.11 5.58 6.47 84.626 94.444 77.571 87 years 45 518 39 542 51 479 4 457 4 677 4 305 5.63 5.11 5.97 97.920 118.285 83.625 88 years 41 061 34 865 47 174 4 445 4 550 4 408 5.19 4.72 5.47 108.241 130.504 93.439 89 years 36 617 30 315 42 766 4 583 4 303 4 911 4.76 4.36 4.98 125.171 141.937 114.828 90 years 32 033 26 012 37 856 4 572 4 139 5 044 4.36 4.00 4.57 142.731 159.102 133.240 91 years 27 461 21 873 32 812 4 570 4 110 5 082 4.01 3.66 4.19 166.430 187.878 154.894 92 years 22 891 17 764 27 729 4 010 3 636 4 424 3.71 3.39 3.87 175.182 204.688 159.537 93 years 18 881 14 128 23 306 3 614 3 048 4 200 3.39 3.13 3.51 191.403 215.709 180.223 94 years 15 267 11 080 19 105 3 547 2 827 4 248 3.07 2.85 3.17 232.345 255.168 222.342 95 years 11 720 8 253 14 857 2 937 2 302 3 547 2.85 2.66 2.93 250.634 278.872 238.759 96 years 8 782 5 951 11 310 2 493 1 830 3 105 2.64 2.49 2.69 283.903 307.410 274.568 97 years 6 289 4 122 8 205 1 931 1 391 2 434 2.49 2.38 2.52 307.014 337.450 296.685 98 years 4 358 2 731 5 771 1 329 801 1 780 2.37 2.34 2.37 304.856 293.151 308.517 99 years 3 030 1 930 3 990 1 005 693 1 288 2.18 2.10 2.20 331.719 358.820 322.802 100 years 2 025 1 238 2 702 708 450 936 2.02 1.99 2.02 349.922 363.855 346.518 101 years 1 316 787 1 766 516 279 708 1.84 1.85 1.82 391.765 354.188 400.704 102 years 801 508 1 058 351 280 446 1.70 1.59 1.71 437.858 550.671 421.530 103 years 450 228 612 196 82 275 1.64 1.92 1.58 435.282 358.820 448.848 104 years 254 146 337 86 40 120 1.52 1.72 1.47 338.862 272.004 356.304 105 years 168 107 217 77 35 108 1.04 1.17 1.00 459.567 329.680 498.251 106 years 91 71 109 91 71 109 0.50 0.50 0.50 1 000.000 1 000.000 1 000.000 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 28 March 2023.
Residents
Who is counted as a resident of Norway and where in Norway a person is counted as a resident is stipulated in the Population Registration Act of 16 January 1970. The regulations of the act were amended effective February 1st 1980.
Mortality rates
The frequency of deaths in the population. In most cases the rate is multiplied by 1 000 so that it can be interpreted as the number of deaths per 1 000 persons.
Infant mortality
Number of deaths per 1 000 live births among children under the age of one.
Probability of death
Probability of death for a man/woman at age x is the probability that he/she will die before he/she reaches the age of x + 1. Probability of death is estimated for each age level separately for men and women and is used inter alia to estimate life expectancy. Probability of death is not the same as age-specific mortality rates.
Life expectancy - remaining lifetime
Life expectancy or mean lifetime is the number of years a new-born can expect to live under current mortality conditions (period mortality). Life expectancy is estimated on the basis of the age-specific mortality probabilities in the period. Expectation of life is estimated for the various age levels.
Name: Deaths
Topic: Population
Division for Population Statistics
The nation, county, municipality and basic statistical unit.
Quarterly, montly and weekly preliminary figures.
Annual final figures
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Files at the individual level which are processed and stored long-term.
The statistics cover number of deaths per week, month and calendar year. Mortality rates, infant mortality and life expectancy can indicate the general health of the population.
Statistics Norway has national figures dating back to 1735 and county figures from around 1950.
Public administration, politicians, the media, lawyers, the insurance industry and researchers who study demographics and living standards.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 08 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given inthe Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
Death statistics are included in the population accounts as one of the components for understanding the changes in the population.
From 1 January 2000 the same definition will mainly be used in the quarterly figures vis-à-vis the final statistics. The main difference is that in the final death statistics there is a two-month wait before the death reports are taken out, while in the quarterly figures there is only a one-month wait. From 1 January 2002 there is one-month wait before the death report are taken out, such as the quarterly figures.
The number of deaths in causes of death statistics does not completely coincide with the number of deaths in Statistics Norway’s population statistics. The difference used to be more extensive due to different routines regarding delayed reporting.
The differences in the number of deaths in recent years are due to the fact that population statistics are not including civilian death certificates received after the end of January the following year, while causes of deaths statistics includes medical death certificates received until just before publishing the results, for example for the 2010 statistics until the end of September 2011. On the other hand population statistics are including deaths that occurred in previous years, with a change in birth year and death year for the deceased so that age at death will be correct.
The different routines have, for the last twenty years, resulted in a yearly difference in the number of deaths by plus/minus 100 with a few exceptions. Please note that even for a statistical year with an equal number of deaths the two statistics can include a different group of (population of) deaths, for instance regarding age, gender and so on for approximately 200 persons. Nevertheless, over a time span of several statistical years the populations with be approximately identical.
In April 2020, production of preliminary figures for deaths was started on a weekly basis. Here, one deviates from the usual lag principle for other population statistics in that one uses the date of the incident regardless of when the death report is registered in the National Population Register. This means that there will always be a small discrepancy between the sum of the preliminary figures and the final year.
Statistics Act § 10
The statistics cover only persons registered as living in Norway at the time of their death, without regard to whether the death took place in Norway or abroad.
The statistics for 1999 mainly cover deaths that actually occurred in 1999. Deaths from all previous years are counted in the 1999 figures if the report was made between 1 March 1999 and 29 February 2000, i.e. too late to be included in the 1998 or earlier annual statistics.
From 1985 to 1998 the statistics covered deaths that actually had happened during the year and in addition only deaths from the preceding year which were recorded too late to be included in the statistics.
From 2002 the statistics cover deaths from all previous years if the report was made between 1 March and 31 January 2003, i.e. too late to be included in the 2001 or earlier annual statistics.
Death statistics are based on population register information which from 23 October 2020 is based on the new population register database FREG. Figures from 1995 and later are based on the Central Population Register (DSF) at the Directorate of Taxes, while the figures for 1968-1994 are taken from its predecessor, the National Population Register (DSP). The register was built up from 1964 to 1966 on the basis of the 1960 census, at the same time as the 11-digit national identity number was introduced as identification. The Office of the National Registrar, which administrates the register, was transferred in 1991 from Statistics Norway to the Directorate of Taxes.
Since 1946 each municipality has had a local population registry that registers all residents in the municipality, pursuant to the Population Registration Act and its regulations. The population registries receive reports of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, migration etc. from various sources.
Deaths are reported by the probate court or sheriff to the population registry in the deceased person's municipality of residence. Reports of deaths abroad of persons who were residents of Norway are received via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
Updating of the Central Population Register is done in part by the local population registries, which are connected to the DSF via terminals, and in part by the Directorate of Taxes. The basis of the statistics on changes in the population is electronic copies to Statistics Norway of all such register updates. The reports are also used to update a separate Statistics Norway population database kept for statistical purposes, which forms the basis for the statistics on the composition of the population.
Data on basic statistical units are taken from the Land register (Matrikkelen/cadaster) owned by the Norwegian Mapping Authority.
In addition to checks made by the DSF, Statistics Norway performs checks for statistical purposes.
The statistics counts deaths by sex, age, marital status and citizenship.
If a table consists zero, one or two units and disclosing these units can lead to identification of individuals, the figure is rounded up or left empty.
For preliminary figures at municipal or county level, exceptions have been granted, so that figures less than three may also occur.
In 1999 the scope of which deaths are included was changed, leading to an 0.3 per cent increase in the number of deaths compared with the previous definition.
The method for calculating life expectancy was revised in 1998. The difference with the old method of calculation was a couple of hundreds.
Measurement and processing errors
Some errors made during the collecting and processing of the data are unavoidable and include coding, revision and data processing errors etc. Extensive efforts have been made to minimize these errors, and we regard these types of errors to be relatively insignificant.
Registry error
The quality of the death notifications is generally very good and there is very little delay in the notification process for deaths that have occurred in Norway. Reporting of deaths abroad is in some cases very delayed, but the extent is so small that it has very little effect on the statistics.