Deaths

Updated: 31 May 2023

Next update: 6 June 2023

Life expectancy for men
Life expectancy for men
2022
80.92
year
Deaths
Deaths
201220212022Week 20 20231
Deaths, total41 99242 00245 774713
Males20 07220 57822 882351
Females21 92021 42422 892361
Life expectancy at birth
Males79.4281.5980.92
Females83.4184.7384.35
1The latest weekly figures have been adjusted upwards based on the usual backlog.
Explanation of symbols

Selected tables and figures from this statistics

  • Deaths and death rates
    Deaths and death rates
    DeathsDeaths under 1 year of ageDeaths per 1 000 mean populationInfant mortality
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    202245 77422 88222 8929756418.48.38.51.92.11.6
    202142 00220 57821 42410457477.87.58.01.82.01.7
    202040 61120 04320 5689257357.57.47.71.72.11.3
    201740 77419 64921 12513067637.77.48.12.32.32.3
    201241 99220 07221 92015087638.48.08.82.52.82.1
    200244 46521 64322 82219294989.89.610.03.53.33.6
    199244 73123 07121 66034619415210.410.910.05.86.25.2
    198241 45422 63118 82341323517810.111.19.18.18.97.2
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  • Age-specific death rates for males and females
    Age-specific death rates for males and females
    2022
    Deaths per 100 000 mean population
    MalesFemales
    0-4 years5038
    5-9 years115
    10-14 years114
    15-19 years2817
    20-24 years4423
    25-29 years6725
    30-34 years6128
    35-39 years7739
    40-44 years11774
    45-49 years153126
    50-54 years285177
    55-59 years443271
    60-64 years708465
    65-69 years1 216800
    70-74 years2 0141 427
    75-79 years3 5922 530
    80-84 years6 5894 607
    85-89 years13 0609 534
    90 years or older27 55823 608
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  • Life expectancy - remaining years for males and females at selected ages.
    Life expectancy - remaining years for males and females at selected ages.
    0 years1 year5 years10 years20 years30 years40 years50 years60 years70 years80 years
    Males
    202280.9280.0976.1371.1761.3051.6141.9332.4323.4215.218.33
    202181.5980.7576.7971.8161.9652.2442.5533.0323.9415.708.79
    202081.4880.6576.6871.7061.8552.1742.5133.0323.9415.708.74
    201780.9180.0976.1571.1761.2951.6341.9432.4023.4015.278.39
    201279.4278.6474.6869.7159.8450.2040.6131.1622.3014.417.84
    200276.4775.7271.8066.8757.1147.6638.2028.9020.2512.756.97
    199274.1673.6369.7664.8155.1145.6436.1727.0318.6711.656.53
    Females
    202284.3583.4979.5274.5464.6154.7644.9235.3125.9917.319.86
    202184.7383.8879.8974.9065.0155.1445.3235.6726.3417.6110.09
    202084.8984.0080.0375.0565.1555.2945.4835.8426.5117.8110.25
    201784.2883.4779.5074.5364.6154.7344.9135.2726.0117.399.96
    201283.4182.5978.6473.6763.7653.8944.0834.4925.3116.859.51
    200281.5880.9677.0672.0962.2352.4442.6933.1724.2115.918.94
    199280.3479.7675.8770.9361.0451.2341.5232.0923.1715.048.34
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  • Perinatal and infant mortality
    Perinatal and infant mortality
    Late fetal deaths (deaths per 1 000 births)Perinatal mortality (deaths per 1 000 births)Under 24 hours (deaths per 1 000 live births)Under 1 week (deaths per 1 000 live births)Under 4 week (deaths per 1 000 live births)4 weeks - under 1 year (deaths per 1 000 live births)Under 1 year, total (Under 1 year, total)
    20222.03.00.41.11.40.41.9
    20212.13.10.21.01.40.51.9
    20202.53.40.40.91.30.41.7
    20172.43.70.61.31.60.72.3
    20123.14.30.61.21.70.72.5
    20023.55.30.81.72.51.03.5
    19924.37.41.83.13.82.15.9
    Explanation of symbols
  • Life tables
    Life tables
    2022
    Survivors (per 100 000) at age x, lxDeath (per 100 000) at age x to x+1, dxLife expectancy - remaining years at age x, exProbability of death at age x (per 1 000) (Ungraduated), qx
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    0 years100 000100 000100 00017920215582.6380.9284.351.7922.0181.554
    1 year99 82199 79899 84525282281.7880.0983.490.2520.2820.221
    2 years99 79699 77099 823911780.8079.1182.500.0910.1060.074
    3 years99 78799 75999 81512141179.8178.1281.510.1240.1380.110
    4 years99 77499 74699 80423078.8277.1380.520.0170.0340.000
    5 years99 77399 74299 80415131777.8276.1379.520.1510.1300.173
    6 years99 75799 72999 7871119376.8375.1478.530.1140.1900.034
    7 years99 74699 71099 78436075.8474.1677.530.0330.0630.000
    8 years99 74399 70499 78423074.8473.1676.530.0160.0320.000
    9 years99 74199 70199 7841012673.8472.1675.530.0950.1240.065
    10 years99 73299 68999 77789672.8571.1774.540.0780.0910.064
    11 years99 72499 68099 771815071.8670.1873.540.0760.1490.000
    12 years99 71699 66599 771715070.8669.1972.540.0750.1450.000
    13 years99 70999 65099 77166669.8768.2071.540.0600.0580.061
    14 years99 70399 64499 7651112968.8767.2070.550.1060.1180.094
    15 years99 69299 63399 7551521967.8866.2169.560.1530.2090.094
    16 years99 67799 61299 7461421666.8965.2268.560.1390.2110.063
    17 years99 66399 59199 7401627365.9064.2467.570.1560.2740.032
    18 years99 64899 56499 73636422964.9163.2566.570.3580.4250.288
    19 years99 61299 52199 70835313963.9362.2865.590.3470.3080.387
    20 years99 57899 49199 66933303562.9561.3064.610.3290.3060.354
    21 years99 54599 46099 63444612561.9760.3263.640.4390.6160.250
    22 years99 50199 39999 60925341561.0059.3662.650.2510.3420.153
    23 years99 47699 36599 59432481560.0258.3861.660.3240.4840.153
    24 years99 44499 31799 57935452459.0457.4060.670.3480.4490.239
    25 years99 40999 27299 55547623258.0656.4359.680.4760.6250.318
    26 years99 36299 21099 52344721457.0855.4658.700.4400.7210.141
    27 years99 31899 13999 50943681756.1154.5057.710.4360.6910.168
    28 years99 27599 07099 49249683055.1353.5456.720.4980.6850.303
    29 years99 22599 00299 46248643254.1652.5855.740.4880.6430.325
    30 years99 17798 93999 43045652453.1951.6154.760.4520.6540.238
    31 years99 13298 87499 40633491552.2150.6553.770.3300.4980.155
    32 years99 10098 82599 39151762651.2349.6752.780.5190.7700.258
    33 years99 04898 74999 36553594750.2548.7151.790.5360.6010.469
    34 years98 99598 68999 31839512649.2847.7450.810.3910.5130.266
    35 years98 95698 63999 29238413548.3046.7649.830.3860.4180.354
    36 years98 91898 59899 25753723347.3245.7848.850.5390.7340.332
    37 years98 86598 52599 22461873346.3444.8147.860.6160.8820.337
    38 years98 80498 43899 19066824845.3743.8546.880.6630.8350.483
    39 years98 73898 35699 14370954244.4042.8945.900.7050.9660.428
    40 years98 66998 26199 10077965743.4341.9344.920.7810.9810.571
    41 years98 59298 16599 044901166342.4740.9743.940.9121.1790.633
    42 years98 50298 04998 98180897241.5040.0242.970.8150.9040.723
    43 years98 42197 96098 9091051288140.5439.0542.001.0671.3030.819
    44 years98 31697 83398 8281221479739.5838.1041.041.2451.4980.980
    45 years98 19497 68698 73212111912338.6337.1640.081.2341.2191.250
    46 years98 07397 56798 60813315710937.6836.2139.131.3601.6061.103
    47 years97 93997 41198 49913315710736.7335.2638.171.3591.6161.091
    48 years97 80697 25398 39213615411735.7834.3237.211.3871.5801.185
    49 years97 67197 09998 27515915816134.8333.3736.251.6311.6291.634
    50 years97 51196 94198 11519722816533.8832.4335.312.0252.3511.683
    51 years97 31496 71397 95019024413232.9531.5034.371.9472.5261.344
    52 years97 12496 46997 81822328815532.0130.5833.422.2972.9821.582
    53 years96 90196 18197 66324628920131.0829.6732.472.5393.0002.059
    54 years96 65595 89397 46227132621330.1628.7631.532.8053.4042.181
    55 years96 38495 56697 25029935823629.2527.8530.603.1053.7502.428
    56 years96 08595 20897 01427232221828.3426.9629.682.8313.3862.244
    57 years95 81394 88696 79635442827427.4126.0528.743.6924.5082.834
    58 years95 45994 45896 52239249628026.5125.1627.824.1035.2552.906
    59 years95 06793 96196 24140750230725.6224.2926.904.2835.3423.189
    60 years94 66093 45995 93442851034124.7323.4225.994.5255.4603.555
    61 years94 23292 94995 59351858744623.8422.5525.085.5026.3144.663
    62 years93 71492 36295 14753664841722.9721.6924.195.7197.0114.388
    63 years93 17891 71594 73060971749522.1020.8423.306.5327.8155.222
    64 years92 56990 99894 23566080351221.2420.0022.427.1348.8205.434
    65 years91 90990 19593 72372783361620.3919.1721.547.9059.2336.577
    66 years91 18289 36393 1078681 02970119.5518.3420.679.51711.5187.526
    67 years90 31488 33392 4068921 03674318.7317.5519.839.87111.7258.043
    68 years89 42387 29891 6639131 13169017.9116.7518.9810.20912.9547.532
    69 years88 51086 16790 9721 1341 32493817.0915.9718.1212.81115.36910.316
    70 years87 37684 84390 0341 1151 30491716.3115.2117.3112.76115.36910.189
    71 years86 26183 53989 1161 3121 4441 17315.5114.4416.4815.20917.28813.163
    72 years84 94982 09487 9431 4721 7591 17214.7413.6815.6917.32821.42513.331
    73 years83 47780 33686 7711 5581 7231 38513.9912.9714.9018.66621.44615.961
    74 years81 91978 61385 3861 7421 9181 56013.2512.2514.1321.27124.39318.265
    75 years80 17676 69583 8261 9992 2671 72212.5311.5413.3924.92629.56320.541
    76 years78 17874 42882 1052 1132 4031 81811.8410.8812.6627.02632.28722.137
    77 years76 06572 02580 2872 3462 6332 05611.1510.2211.9330.84436.55125.614
    78 years73 71969 39278 2312 4492 7422 15110.499.5911.2333.22539.52127.502
    79 years71 27066 65076 0792 5962 7882 4079.838.9710.5436.42241.82531.638
    80 years68 67463 86273 6722 7723 2032 3559.198.339.8640.36550.16031.972
    81 years65 90260 65971 3173 0453 3762 7378.557.759.1746.20555.64938.384
    82 years62 85757 28368 5793 3043 5683 0687.947.188.5252.56362.27944.738
    83 years59 55353 71665 5113 7713 9753 6027.356.627.9063.32273.99854.989
    84 years55 78249 74161 9093 9454 2333 7016.826.117.3370.71585.09459.789
    85 years51 83745 50858 2074 1514 3474 0056.305.636.7680.07395.51268.802
    86 years47 68641 16254 2034 3474 6754 1005.805.176.2291.162113.58075.647
    87 years43 33936 48650 1024 4234 3784 5285.334.775.69102.051119.98990.371
    88 years38 91632 10845 5744 7554 5844 9824.884.355.21122.192142.777109.325
    89 years34 16127 52440 5924 7094 4665 0014.493.994.78137.837162.241123.201
    90 years29 45223 05935 5914 5154 1584 9234.133.674.39153.311180.338138.324
    91 years24 93718 90030 6684 2043 8534 6133.793.374.01168.600203.842150.430
    92 years20 73315 04826 0554 0843 4814 6873.463.103.63196.981231.362179.885
    93 years16 64911 56621 3683 5492 8304 2423.182.893.32213.149244.684198.512
    94 years13 1008 73617 1263 2092 5003 8932.912.663.02244.968286.176227.299
    95 years9 8916 23613 2332 6241 7863 4002.692.522.76265.333286.396256.949
    96 years7 2674 4509 8332 1731 3792 8992.482.342.54299.033309.847294.843
    97 years5 0943 0716 9341 5991 0722 0922.332.162.39313.852349.166301.647
    98 years3 4951 9994 8421 1997511 6132.172.052.20342.985375.624333.117
    99 years2 2961 2483 2297864391 0972.041.982.06342.265352.099339.584
    100 years1 5108092 1336003648211.841.791.85397.469450.323385.198
    101 years9104441 3113731555521.721.841.70409.788348.128421.089
    102 years5372907592441223501.571.561.58454.162421.179461.138
    103 years293168409139851901.471.331.50474.017509.499465.379
    104 years154822196843921.341.181.37438.276527.633420.997
    105 years87391274321621.000.951.01499.291550.671489.603
    106 years4317654317650.500.500.501 000.0001 000.0001 000.000
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About the statistics

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.

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

6 June 2023

Division for Population Statistics

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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.

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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

Not relevant

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.

Not relevant

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.

Not relevant

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