GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $479.3 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $264.5 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $53,300 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Oslo
Population (Estimated July 2012): 4,707,270
Area: 385,179km2 or 148,718mi2
Currency: Norwegian Krone (Plural. Kroner; NOK)
Official Language: Norwegian and Sami
Political Information: Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy
Official Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
(approximately 85.7% of the population are Evangelical Lutheran (church of Norway), 4.4% have other Christian beliefs, 1.8% are Muslim and 8.1% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Galdhopiggen at 2,469m or 8,100ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +1:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 19 counties (fylker, singular - fylke); Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud, Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, More og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trondelag, Oppland, Oslo, Ostfold, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Sor-Trondelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
Leaders: King Harold V; Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Additional: On the 7th of June 1905 Norway declared its union with Sweden dissolved which was agreed by Sweden on the 26th of October that year.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
