Deaths

Updated: 23 April 2024

Next update: 30 April 2024

Life expectancy for men
Life expectancy for men
2023
81.39
year
Deaths
Deaths
2013 2022 2023 Week 15 20241
Deaths, total 41 282 45 774 43 803 819
Males 19 976 22 882 21 877 384
Females 21 306 22 892 21 926 434
Life expectancy at birth
Males 79.65 80.92 81.39
Females 83.61 84.35 84.63
1The latest weekly figures have been adjusted upwards based on the usual backlog.
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Selected tables and charts from this statistics

  • Deaths and death rates
    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
    2023 43 803 21 877 21 926 106 61 45 7.9 7.9 8.0 2.0 2.3 1.8
    2022 45 774 22 882 22 892 97 56 41 8.4 8.3 8.5 1.9 2.1 1.6
    2021 42 002 20 578 21 424 104 57 47 7.8 7.5 8.0 1.8 2.0 1.7
    2018 40 840 19 870 20 970 129 70 59 7.7 7.4 8.0 2.3 2.5 2.2
    2013 41 282 19 976 21 306 147 68 79 8.1 7.8 8.4 2.5 2.3 2.7
    2003 42 478 20 565 21 913 190 106 84 9.3 9.1 9.5 3.4 3.7 3.1
    1993 46 597 23 769 22 828 301 174 127 10.8 11.1 10.5 5.0 5.7 4.4
    1983 42 224 22 919 19 305 395 226 169 10.2 11.2 9.3 7.9 8.8 7.0
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  • Age-specific death rates for males and females
    Age-specific death rates for males and females
    2023
    Deaths per 100 000 mean population
    Males Females
    0-4 years 57 48
    5-9 years 10 8
    10-14 years 12 3
    15-19 years 40 19
    20-24 years 55 22
    25-29 years 57 24
    30-34 years 75 36
    35-39 years 92 52
    40-44 years 124 73
    45-49 years 158 113
    50-54 years 254 173
    55-59 years 395 283
    60-64 years 654 448
    65-69 years 1 156 778
    70-74 years 1 917 1 320
    75-79 years 3 378 2 371
    80-84 years 6 015 4 505
    85-89 years 11 631 8 961
    90 years or older 25 369 21 722
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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 years 1 year 5 years 10 years 20 years 30 years 40 years 50 years 60 years 70 years 80 years
    Males
    2023 81.39 80.57 76.63 71.67 61.84 52.16 42.55 33.08 23.98 15.71 8.78
    2022 80.92 80.09 76.13 71.17 61.30 51.61 41.93 32.43 23.42 15.21 8.33
    2021 81.59 80.75 76.79 71.81 61.96 52.24 42.55 33.03 23.94 15.70 8.79
    2018 81.00 80.20 76.21 71.24 61.35 51.69 42.08 32.56 23.53 15.35 8.52
    2013 79.65 78.83 74.87 69.89 60.02 50.38 40.77 31.35 22.51 14.59 8.02
    2003 77.04 76.32 72.40 67.45 57.71 48.19 38.69 29.41 20.71 13.13 7.09
    1993 74.24 73.66 69.77 64.83 55.10 45.52 36.08 26.93 18.46 11.45 6.35
    Females
    2023 84.63 83.78 79.84 74.87 64.95 55.09 45.30 35.67 26.36 17.67 10.10
    2022 84.35 83.49 79.52 74.54 64.61 54.76 44.92 35.31 25.99 17.31 9.86
    2021 84.73 83.88 79.89 74.90 65.01 55.14 45.32 35.67 26.34 17.61 10.09
    2018 84.49 83.68 79.69 74.71 64.80 54.91 45.08 35.43 26.16 17.56 10.03
    2013 83.61 82.83 78.87 73.90 63.98 54.11 44.32 34.72 25.58 17.12 9.72
    2003 81.93 81.18 77.27 72.30 62.43 52.64 42.89 33.40 24.38 16.02 8.93
    1993 80.25 79.61 75.72 70.76 60.90 51.07 41.35 31.91 22.94 14.83 8.10
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  • Perinatal and infant mortality
    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)
    2023 2.4 3.4 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.7 2.0
    2022 2.0 3.0 0.4 1.1 1.4 0.4 1.9
    2021 2.1 3.1 0.2 1.0 1.4 0.5 1.9
    2018 2.7 3.9 0.6 1.3 1.7 0.6 2.3
    2013 2.8 4.1 0.6 1.2 1.7 0.7 2.5
    2003 3.8 5.6 1.0 2.0 2.5 1.0 3.5
    1993 4.0 7.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 5.0
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  • Life tables
    Life tables
    2023
    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 100 000 100 000 100 000 203 228 177 83.01 81.39 84.63 2.033 2.284 1.769
    1 year 99 797 99 772 99 823 31 25 37 82.18 80.57 83.78 0.308 0.247 0.372
    2 years 99 766 99 747 99 786 12 10 14 81.21 79.59 82.81 0.124 0.104 0.145
    3 years 99 754 99 737 99 772 11 10 11 80.22 78.60 81.82 0.107 0.105 0.110
    4 years 99 743 99 726 99 761 17 24 11 79.22 77.61 80.83 0.175 0.238 0.108
    5 years 99 725 99 702 99 750 14 17 11 78.24 76.63 79.84 0.137 0.166 0.106
    6 years 99 712 99 686 99 739 8 10 7 77.25 75.64 78.85 0.083 0.096 0.068
    7 years 99 704 99 676 99 732 6 9 3 76.26 74.65 77.85 0.065 0.094 0.033
    8 years 99 697 99 667 99 729 13 12 13 75.26 73.65 76.86 0.129 0.125 0.132
    9 years 99 684 99 654 99 716 5 3 7 74.27 72.66 75.87 0.048 0.031 0.065
    10 years 99 680 99 651 99 709 5 9 0 73.27 71.67 74.87 0.047 0.092 0.000
    11 years 99 675 99 642 99 709 6 6 6 72.28 70.67 73.87 0.061 0.060 0.063
    12 years 99 669 99 636 99 703 14 20 6 71.28 69.68 72.88 0.136 0.205 0.062
    13 years 99 655 99 616 99 697 7 14 0 70.29 68.69 71.88 0.074 0.144 0.000
    14 years 99 648 99 601 99 697 7 11 3 69.30 67.70 70.88 0.073 0.114 0.030
    15 years 99 640 99 590 99 694 16 23 9 68.30 66.71 69.88 0.164 0.232 0.093
    16 years 99 624 99 567 99 685 27 32 22 67.31 65.72 68.89 0.272 0.323 0.217
    17 years 99 597 99 535 99 663 27 29 25 66.33 64.74 67.90 0.274 0.296 0.250
    18 years 99 570 99 505 99 638 40 53 25 65.35 63.76 66.92 0.398 0.536 0.252
    19 years 99 530 99 452 99 613 40 63 16 64.37 62.80 65.94 0.400 0.630 0.158
    20 years 99 490 99 389 99 597 26 42 9 63.40 61.84 64.95 0.264 0.426 0.095
    21 years 99 464 99 347 99 588 46 63 28 62.42 60.86 63.95 0.464 0.635 0.285
    22 years 99 418 99 284 99 559 37 52 21 61.44 59.90 62.97 0.373 0.520 0.215
    23 years 99 381 99 232 99 538 40 58 21 60.47 58.93 61.98 0.406 0.588 0.210
    24 years 99 341 99 174 99 517 44 58 30 59.49 57.97 61.00 0.447 0.587 0.298
    25 years 99 296 99 116 99 487 41 63 17 58.52 57.00 60.02 0.410 0.633 0.175
    26 years 99 255 99 053 99 470 42 58 25 57.54 56.04 59.03 0.424 0.587 0.253
    27 years 99 213 98 995 99 445 39 60 16 56.57 55.07 58.04 0.389 0.602 0.165
    28 years 99 175 98 935 99 428 34 49 19 55.59 54.10 57.05 0.347 0.496 0.192
    29 years 99 140 98 886 99 409 48 54 43 54.61 53.13 56.06 0.489 0.543 0.432
    30 years 99 092 98 832 99 366 51 67 34 53.63 52.16 55.09 0.518 0.683 0.345
    31 years 99 041 98 765 99 332 63 86 39 52.66 51.19 54.10 0.634 0.867 0.390
    32 years 98 978 98 679 99 293 58 85 30 51.69 50.24 53.13 0.587 0.857 0.305
    33 years 98 920 98 595 99 263 51 65 35 50.72 49.28 52.14 0.511 0.662 0.355
    34 years 98 869 98 530 99 228 53 66 41 49.75 48.31 51.16 0.541 0.667 0.410
    35 years 98 816 98 464 99 187 66 65 67 48.78 47.34 50.18 0.668 0.658 0.679
    36 years 98 750 98 399 99 120 70 89 50 47.81 46.37 49.21 0.709 0.902 0.509
    37 years 98 680 98 310 99 069 60 79 40 46.84 45.42 48.24 0.611 0.803 0.408
    38 years 98 619 98 231 99 029 81 109 52 45.87 44.45 47.26 0.823 1.110 0.524
    39 years 98 538 98 122 98 977 79 112 44 44.91 43.50 46.28 0.805 1.146 0.447
    40 years 98 459 98 010 98 933 82 107 56 43.94 42.55 45.30 0.833 1.091 0.561
    41 years 98 377 97 903 98 877 104 127 81 42.98 41.60 44.33 1.062 1.298 0.817
    42 years 98 272 97 776 98 796 105 130 78 42.03 40.65 43.36 1.069 1.333 0.794
    43 years 98 167 97 646 98 718 94 119 68 41.07 39.70 42.40 0.961 1.224 0.685
    44 years 98 073 97 526 98 650 100 121 77 40.11 38.75 41.43 1.016 1.240 0.781
    45 years 97 973 97 405 98 573 118 118 119 39.15 37.80 40.46 1.206 1.208 1.204
    46 years 97 855 97 287 98 455 130 165 93 38.20 36.84 39.51 1.325 1.691 0.942
    47 years 97 725 97 123 98 362 127 153 99 37.25 35.90 38.54 1.296 1.572 1.007
    48 years 97 599 96 970 98 263 142 177 106 36.29 34.96 37.58 1.460 1.826 1.082
    49 years 97 456 96 793 98 157 146 155 137 35.35 34.02 36.62 1.501 1.604 1.394
    50 years 97 310 96 638 98 020 154 180 127 34.40 33.08 35.67 1.586 1.860 1.299
    51 years 97 156 96 458 97 892 177 219 133 33.45 32.14 34.72 1.823 2.272 1.356
    52 years 96 979 96 239 97 760 200 218 180 32.51 31.21 33.77 2.060 2.267 1.845
    53 years 96 779 96 021 97 579 242 301 180 31.58 30.28 32.83 2.503 3.137 1.843
    54 years 96 537 95 720 97 399 262 300 223 30.66 29.37 31.89 2.719 3.131 2.291
    55 years 96 274 95 420 97 176 272 300 243 29.74 28.46 30.96 2.829 3.148 2.499
    56 years 96 002 95 120 96 933 280 312 245 28.82 27.55 30.03 2.913 3.277 2.532
    57 years 95 722 94 808 96 688 315 383 241 27.90 26.64 29.11 3.289 4.042 2.496
    58 years 95 407 94 425 96 447 339 375 300 26.99 25.75 28.18 3.554 3.973 3.116
    59 years 95 068 94 049 96 146 424 504 338 26.09 24.85 27.27 4.456 5.364 3.520
    60 years 94 645 93 545 95 808 411 443 378 25.20 23.98 26.36 4.346 4.732 3.948
    61 years 94 233 93 102 95 430 458 532 380 24.31 23.09 25.46 4.865 5.716 3.987
    62 years 93 775 92 570 95 049 515 609 415 23.43 22.22 24.56 5.492 6.583 4.371
    63 years 93 260 91 961 94 634 579 720 430 22.55 21.37 23.67 6.210 7.830 4.548
    64 years 92 681 91 241 94 203 624 721 522 21.69 20.53 22.78 6.731 7.900 5.545
    65 years 92 057 90 520 93 681 733 885 577 20.84 19.69 21.90 7.968 9.776 6.158
    66 years 91 323 89 635 93 104 771 883 657 20.00 18.88 21.03 8.448 9.848 7.056
    67 years 90 552 88 752 92 447 901 1 007 792 19.17 18.06 20.18 9.946 11.346 8.564
    68 years 89 651 87 745 91 655 916 1 066 763 18.35 17.26 19.35 10.217 12.145 8.328
    69 years 88 735 86 680 90 892 1 035 1 274 794 17.54 16.47 18.51 11.662 14.692 8.731
    70 years 87 701 85 406 90 098 1 068 1 192 942 16.74 15.71 17.67 12.176 13.955 10.455
    71 years 86 633 84 214 89 156 1 253 1 466 1 033 15.94 14.92 16.85 14.466 17.409 11.586
    72 years 85 379 82 748 88 123 1 314 1 534 1 085 15.17 14.18 16.04 15.386 18.533 12.312
    73 years 84 066 81 215 87 038 1 525 1 757 1 284 14.39 13.44 15.23 18.136 21.639 14.749
    74 years 82 541 79 457 85 755 1 671 1 897 1 434 13.65 12.72 14.45 20.240 23.879 16.724
    75 years 80 871 77 560 84 320 1 799 2 091 1 496 12.92 12.02 13.69 22.244 26.961 17.742
    76 years 79 072 75 469 82 824 1 995 2 248 1 737 12.21 11.34 12.93 25.232 29.792 20.966
    77 years 77 077 73 220 81 088 2 129 2 407 1 850 11.51 10.67 12.20 27.628 32.868 22.813
    78 years 74 947 70 814 79 238 2 407 2 684 2 130 10.82 10.02 11.47 32.114 37.896 26.884
    79 years 72 540 68 130 77 108 2 599 2 826 2 372 10.16 9.39 10.77 35.833 41.477 30.767
    80 years 69 941 65 304 74 735 2 673 2 943 2 408 9.52 8.78 10.10 38.215 45.069 32.220
    81 years 67 268 62 361 72 327 3 142 3 435 2 870 8.88 8.17 9.42 46.712 55.075 39.680
    82 years 64 126 58 927 69 457 3 208 3 459 2 985 8.29 7.62 8.79 50.025 58.704 42.971
    83 years 60 918 55 467 66 473 3 466 3 503 3 454 7.70 7.06 8.16 56.899 63.152 51.962
    84 years 57 452 51 964 63 019 3 855 4 072 3 688 7.14 6.50 7.58 67.104 78.357 58.518
    85 years 53 597 47 893 59 331 3 957 4 175 3 797 6.61 6.01 7.02 73.836 87.172 63.991
    86 years 49 639 43 718 55 534 4 298 4 365 4 288 6.10 5.54 6.46 86.576 99.837 77.211
    87 years 45 342 39 353 51 246 4 372 4 347 4 462 5.63 5.10 5.96 96.424 110.472 87.070
    88 years 40 970 35 006 46 784 4 506 4 196 4 856 5.18 4.67 5.48 109.994 119.865 103.787
    89 years 36 463 30 810 41 929 4 621 4 788 4 585 4.76 4.24 5.06 126.731 155.409 109.351
    90 years 31 842 26 022 37 344 4 494 4 269 4 782 4.38 3.93 4.62 141.139 164.067 128.054
    91 years 27 348 21 752 32 562 4 317 3 908 4 765 4.01 3.60 4.22 157.837 179.680 146.345
    92 years 23 031 17 844 27 797 4 225 3 687 4 787 3.67 3.28 3.86 183.432 206.605 172.209
    93 years 18 807 14 157 23 010 3 892 3 375 4 422 3.38 3.00 3.56 206.972 238.383 192.200
    94 years 14 914 10 782 18 587 3 288 2 817 3 764 3.14 2.78 3.29 220.450 261.300 202.503
    95 years 11 626 7 965 14 823 2 842 2 100 3 510 2.88 2.59 3.00 244.444 263.617 236.822
    96 years 8 784 5 865 11 313 2 497 1 891 3 048 2.65 2.34 2.77 284.257 322.433 269.402
    97 years 6 287 3 974 8 265 1 843 1 349 2 280 2.51 2.22 2.61 293.192 339.444 275.821
    98 years 4 444 2 625 5 985 1 328 873 1 723 2.34 2.10 2.41 298.802 332.538 287.927
    99 years 3 116 1 752 4 262 1 029 591 1 399 2.12 1.89 2.19 330.081 337.087 328.146
    100 years 2 088 1 162 2 863 782 552 993 1.93 1.60 2.01 374.503 475.422 346.916
    101 years 1 306 609 1 870 570 322 779 1.78 1.60 1.82 436.309 528.801 416.610
    102 years 736 287 1 091 298 106 450 1.77 1.83 1.76 405.129 368.095 412.101
    103 years 438 181 641 189 84 272 1.63 1.60 1.64 432.327 465.544 424.268
    104 years 249 97 369 103 33 158 1.49 1.55 1.48 414.074 343.644 428.025
    105 years 146 64 211 44 25 61 1.20 1.11 1.21 304.856 393.469 288.532
    106 years 101 39 150 101 39 150 0.50 0.50 0.50 1 000.000 1 000.000 1 000.000
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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

30 April 2024

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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.

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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.

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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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