What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Norway?

The highest recorded value was 83.31 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Norway?

The lowest recorded value was 44.71 years in 1862.

How does Norway rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?

Norway ranks 18th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Norway?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Norway data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy for people of different ages in Norway

Name: Life expectancy for people of different ages in Norway
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Norway: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 83.31 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

83.31 years

Change on year

up 0.8%

World rank

18th

of 236 countries

All-time high

83.31 years

in 2023

All-time low

44.71 years

in 1862

Years of data

178

1846–2023

Life expectancy for people of different ages in Norway, 1846–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy for people of different ages in Norway is 83.31 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 178 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Norway peaked at 83.31 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.71 years, in 1862.

That places Norway 18th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 178 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1840s	46.47 years	44.77 years	48.05 years	4
1850s	49.97 years	47.91 years	51.62 years	10
1860s	48.06 years	44.71 years	50.42 years	10
1870s	49.71 years	46.82 years	53.14 years	10
1880s	50.39 years	47.38 years	51.89 years	10
1890s	51.6 years	48.61 years	53.95 years	10
1900s	55.78 years	53.47 years	57.46 years	10
1910s	57 years	50.32 years	58.31 years	10
1920s	61.96 years	58.85 years	63.4 years	10
1930s	65.67 years	64.1 years	67.35 years	10
1940s	67.96 years	65.7 years	71.52 years	10
1950s	73.04 years	71.59 years	73.55 years	10
1960s	73.67 years	73.1 years	74.07 years	10
1970s	74.79 years	74.07 years	75.43 years	10
1980s	76.1 years	75.67 years	76.54 years	10
1990s	77.69 years	76.59 years	78.41 years	10
2000s	79.87 years	78.69 years	80.87 years	10
2010s	82.05 years	81.04 years	82.96 years	10
2020s	83.07 years	82.63 years	83.31 years	4

Countries ranked near Norway

15 Gibraltar 83.55 years compare
16 Reunion 83.55 years compare
17 France 83.33 years compare
20 Guernsey 83.27 years compare
21 Sweden 83.26 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Number of infants who die before age 1 12 deaths (2100)
Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
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Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 37,579 (2025)
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Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 36,678 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 34,677 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 35,372 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 33,935 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Norway?: Life expectancy for people of different ages in Norway was 83.31 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Norway?: The highest recorded value was 83.31 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Norway?: The lowest recorded value was 44.71 years in 1862.
How does Norway rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?: Norway ranks 18th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Norway?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Norway data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.