Norway has a relatively consistent population growth year on year and the only slightly negative statistic is the fact that it has a fairly high percentage of people aged over 65,
A growth of immigration has also helped to swell numbers however and the CIA World Factbook estimates that current levels of growth will take the population of Norway to 7,032,687 by the year 2060.
Norway Population Growth
The growth rate in Norway has never been drastic in either direction. The highest annual growth rate they have ever seen was in 2015 when there was an increase of 1.25%. Although these numbers aren't indicative of huge growth, the growth has never been negative and the population numbers have long been relatively stable. The birth rate in Norway is lower than the worldwide average with 1.72 children being born to the average Norwegian woman. If the change in the population were dependent on this figure alone, the population might have begun to fall, but the number of immigrants entering the country has kept the numbers where they are. As of 2019, the annual growth rate in Norway was 0.89%, which adds roughly 50,000 people to the population each year.
Norway Population Projections
Since the all-time high in growth rate in 2015, the rate of change has been decreasing and this trend is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. Current projections believe that the annual growth rate will peak in 2020 at 0.94%, before slowing to 0.58% by 2050. Even though the growth rate is decreasing, the actual change in population annually should be pretty consistent if these predictions prove to be true. These numbers predict that the population of Norway will be 5,449,683 in 2020, 5,959,215 in 2030, 6,406,959 in 2040 and 6,801,515 by 2050.