Norway

PRESENTATION OF THE COUNTRY

Geography

Surface: 385.155 km2

Demography

• Population: 4.930.116 inhabitants
• Median Age: 39,1 years old

Economy 

• Human development index world rank: 1 
• Education index: 0,91 (1st place in Europe) 
• Gross Domestic Product in common purchase power currency of European Union 28: 49.600 (the average for the EU of 28 states is 26.600 PPS)

 

THE CHORAL SINGERS

 

Singing population according to existing studies

Not available

 

Number and percentage of choral singers

5% of the population sing in a choir.

5% of the population in Bergen sing in a choir.

345.108 people sing in a choir.

 

Number of ensembles

Data collected

2076 ensembles sing in churches. Of this total, 1270 are adults ensembles and 806 are children ensembles.

Data extrapolated

7.500 ensembles is our estimation, basing on the average size of an ensemble, 33 members in our survey.

 

[Data from the Singing Europe Report]