Deaths

Updated: 17 December 2024

Modified: 17 Dec 2024, 12:14

Next update: 7 January 2025

Life expectancy for men

2023

81.39

year

Deaths
	2013	2022	2023	Week 49 2024¹
Deaths, total	41 282	45 774	43 803	906
Males	19 976	22 882	21 877	442
Females	21 306	22 892	21 926	465

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.
17 December 2024 12.14: The figures for week 49 was corrected.

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 05375

StatBank source table 12954

StatBank source table 05379

Selected tables and charts from this statistics

Table 1Deaths and death rates

Deaths and death rates
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females
	Deaths			Deaths under 1 year of age			Deaths per 1000 mean population			Infant mortality
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

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 08393

Table 2Age-specific death rates for males and females

Age-specific death rates for males and females
	Deaths per 100 000 mean population
	2023
	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

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 05381

Table 3Life 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

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 05375

Table 4Perinatal 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

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 08373

Table 5Life tables

Life tables
	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)
	2023
	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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StatBank source table 07902

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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.

Legal authority

Statistics Act § 10

EEA reference

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Production

Population

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.

Data sources and sampling

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.

Collection of data, editing and estimations

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.

Seasonal adjustment

Not relevant

Confidentiality

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.

Comparability over time and space

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.

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

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.

Revision

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