Life expectancy in Norway

Life expectancy in Norway: 71.6 years in 1950 and 83.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 83.3 years
Since 1950: +11.7 years
Rank, 2023: 16 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 92.1 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 92.1 years in 2100, between 85.1 years and 99.8 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1846: 48.1 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Norway	World
2023	83.3	73.2
2022	82.6	72.6
2021	83.2	70.9
2020	83.2	71.9
2019	83	72.6
2018	82.8	72.4
2017	82.6	72.1
2016	82.4	71.9
2015	82.3	71.6
2014	82.1	71.4
2013	81.7	71.1
2012	81.5	70.8
2011	81.3	70.4
2010	81	70.1
2009	80.9	69.7
2008	80.7	69.3
2007	80.5	69
2006	80.4	68.6
2005	80.2	68.1
2004	80	67.7
2003	79.5	67.4
2002	79	67.1
2001	78.9	66.8
2000	78.7	66.4
1999	78.4	66
1998	78.4	65.7
1997	78.2	65.5
1996	78.2	65.2
1995	77.8	64.9
1994	77.8	64.3
1993	77.2	64.4
1992	77.3	64.3
1991	77	64.1
1990	76.6	64
1989	76.5	63.8
1988	76.3	63.4
1987	76.1	63.2
1986	76.3	62.7
1985	75.9	62.2
1984	76.3	61.9
1983	76.1	61.5
1982	76	61.3
1981	75.9	60.9
1980	75.7	60.5
1979	75.4	60.2
1978	75.4	59.5
1977	75.4	59.2
1976	75.1	58.6
1975	74.8	58.3
1974	74.8	58.1
1973	74.4	57.7
1972	74.4	57.2
1971	74.2	56
1970	74.1	56.3
1969	73.7	56
1968	73.9	55.6
1967	74.1	55.1
1966	74	54.6
1965	73.7	54
1964	73.6	54.3
1963	73.1	53.7
1962	73.5	53.2
1961	73.6	50.4
1960	73.6	47.8
1959	73.6	49.6
1958	73.4	51.6
1957	73.4	51.1
1956	73.5	50.7
1955	73.4	50.2
1954	73.2	49.7
1953	73.2	48.8
1952	72.7	48.2
1951	72.5	47.1
1950	71.6	46.4
1949	71.5	–
1948	71.1	–
1947	70	–
1946	69.5	–
1945	68.2	–
1944	65.8	–
1943	66.1	–
1942	65.7	–
1941	65.7	–
1940	65.9	–
1939	67.4	–
1938	67.1	–
1937	66	–
1936	65.8	–
1935	65.8	–
1934	66.2	–
1933	65.5	–
1932	64.6	–
1931	64.2	–
1930	64.1	–
1929	62.5	–
1928	63.4	–
1927	62.9	–
1926	63.3	–
1925	62.5	–
1924	62.1	–
1923	61.8	–
1922	60.8	–
1921	61.6	–
1920	58.9	–
1919	56.8	–
1918	50.3	–
1917	57.7	–
1916	57.2	–
1915	58.2	–
1914	57.8	–
1913	58.3	–
1912	57.7	–
1911	58	–
1910	58	–
1909	57.5	–
1908	56.3	–
1907	56.5	–
1906	56.9	–
1905	55.1	–
1904	56.1	–
1903	55	–
1902	56.5	–
1901	54.6	–
1900	53.5	–
1899	51.6	–
1898	54	–
1897	53.7	–
1896	53.8	–
1895	52.8	–
1894	50.6	–
1893	51.4	–
1892	49.7	–
1891	49.8	–
1890	48.6	–
1889	49.1	–
1888	50.4	–
1887	51.7	–
1886	51.7	–
1885	51	–
1884	50.8	–
1883	49.6	–
1882	47.4	–
1881	50.4	–
1880	51.9	–
1879	53.1	–
1878	51.8	–
1877	49.8	–
1876	46.8	–
1875	47.6	–
1874	47.8	–
1873	49.7	–
1872	50	–
1871	49.7	–
1870	50.9	–
1869	49.3	–
1868	47.2	–
1867	47.9	–
1866	49.9	–
1865	50.4	–
1864	48.8	–
1863	46.7	–
1862	44.7	–
1861	45.8	–
1860	50	–
1859	49.9	–
1858	51.6	–
1857	50.2	–
1856	50.4	–
1855	50.4	–
1854	51.6	–
1853	47.9	–
1852	48.5	–
1851	49.7	–
1850	49.5	–
1849	48	–
1848	45	–
1847	44.8	–
1846	48.1	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Norway	World
2024	83.582.6–84.3	73.3
2025	83.682.4–84.8	73.5
2026	83.882.3–85.2	73.8
2027	83.982.1–85.6	73.9
2028	8482.1–85.9	74.1
2029	84.282.1–86.2	74.2
2030	84.382.1–86.5	74.4
2031	84.482–86.8	74.5
2032	84.682–87.2	74.7
2033	84.782–87.4	74.8
2034	84.882.1–87.6	75
2035	8582.1–87.8	75.1
2036	85.182.1–88.2	75.3
2037	85.282.2–88.5	75.4
2038	85.482.3–88.8	75.5
2039	85.582.2–89	75.7
2040	85.682.3–89.2	75.8
2041	85.782.2–89.5	75.9
2042	85.882.1–89.7	76.1
2043	8682.3–89.9	76.2
2044	86.182.3–90	76.3
2045	86.282.4–90.2	76.5
2046	86.382.4–90.4	76.6
2047	86.482.3–90.6	76.7
2048	86.582.4–90.8	76.8
2049	86.682.5–91	76.9
2050	86.882.4–91.2	77
2051	86.982.6–91.3	77.1
2052	8782.7–91.6	77.2
2053	87.182.8–91.7	77.3
2054	87.282.9–92	77.4
2055	87.383–92.2	77.6
2056	87.483.1–92.5	77.7
2057	87.583–92.6	77.8
2058	87.683.1–92.9	77.9
2059	87.883.1–93.1	78
2060	87.983–93.3	78.1
2061	8883–93.4	78.2
2062	88.183.1–93.6	78.3
2063	88.283.2–93.9	78.4
2064	88.383.3–93.9	78.5
2065	88.483.4–94.1	78.6
2066	88.583.4–94.3	78.7
2067	88.683.6–94.6	78.8
2068	88.783.5–94.7	78.9
2069	88.883.7–94.9	79
2070	88.983.7–95.2	79.1
2071	8983.8–95.3	79.2
2072	89.183.8–95.5	79.3
2073	89.283.8–95.6	79.4
2074	89.383.8–95.6	79.4
2075	89.583.8–95.7	79.5
2076	89.683.9–95.9	79.6
2077	89.783.8–96	79.7
2078	89.883.9–96.1	79.8
2079	89.984–96.1	79.9
2080	9084–96.4	80
2081	90.184.1–96.4	80.1
2082	90.284.1–96.6	80.2
2083	90.384.2–96.9	80.3
2084	90.484.2–97	80.3
2085	90.584.3–97.4	80.4
2086	90.684.3–97.5	80.5
2087	90.784.4–97.6	80.6
2088	90.884.6–97.8	80.7
2089	90.984.6–98.1	80.8
2090	9184.6–98.2	80.9
2091	91.284.8–98.3	81
2092	91.384.9–98.6	81
2093	91.484.9–98.7	81.1
2094	91.584.9–98.8	81.2
2095	91.684.9–99	81.3
2096	91.785.1–99.1	81.4
2097	91.885.2–99.3	81.5
2098	91.985.3–99.5	81.6
2099	9285.1–99.6	81.7
2100	92.185.1–99.8	81.7

Good to know

How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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