Demographics of Oslo
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| Demographics of Oslo | |
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 Population pyramid of the Oslo county in 2022 | |
| Population | 702,543 (2022) |
The population of Oslo is monitored by Statistics Norway. As of 2022, the population of Oslo sat at 702,543.
Population
[edit]As of 2022, the population of Oslo sat at 702,543.
Origin
[edit]| Population Group | Year | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970[1][2] | 1980[1][2] | 1990[1][2] | 2000[1][2] | 2010[1][2] | 2020[1][2] | |||||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
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469,175 | 96.2% | 424,756 | 93.4% | 399,878 | 87.3 | 408,298 | 80.4% | 420,469 | 71.7% | 451,534 | 65.1% |
| Norwegian born in Norway | 458,084 | 94.0% | 409,804 | 90.1% | 379,346 | 82.8% | 377,653 | 74.4% | 374,421 | 63.8% | 389,130 | 56.1% |
| Foreign born to Norwegian born parents | 2,129 | 0.4% | 2,585 | 0.6% | 3,054 | 0.7% | 3,507 | 0.7% | 6,241 | 1.1% | 7,221 | 1.0% |
| Norwegian born with one foreign-born parent | 8,962 | 1.8% | 12,367 | 2.7% | 17,478 | 3.8% | 27,138 | 5.3% | 39,807 | 6.8% | 55,183 | 8.0% |
| Total: Immigrants | 18,188 | 3.8% | 30,116 | 6.6% | 58,486 | 12.8% | 99,169 | 19.5% | 166,391 | 28.4% | 241,960 | 34.9% |
| Immigrants | 15,981 | 3.3% | 25,278 | 5.6% | 47,063 | 10.3% | 73,777 | 14.5% | 122,379 | 20.9% | 177,455 | 25.6% |
| Norwegian born to immigrant parents | 492 | 0.1% | 2,395 | 0.5% | 8,164 | 1.8% | 20,963 | 4.1% | 38,110 | 6.5% | 56,899 | 8.2% |
| Foreign born with one Norwegian parent | 1,715 | 0.4% | 2,443 | 0.5% | 3,259 | 0.7% | 4,429 | 0.9% | 5,902 | 1.0% | 7,606 | 1.1% |
| Total | 487,363 | 100% | 454,872 | 100% | 458,364 | 100% | 507,467 | 100% | 586,860 | 100% | 693,494 | 100% |
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by country background for Oslo, 2023[3]
| Persons | |
|---|---|
| 2023[3] | |
| 0301 Oslo municipality | |
| Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents | |
| Total | 243 932 |
| Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand | 72 492 |
| Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions | 171 440 |
| Immigrants | |
| Total | 184 251 |
| Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand | 64 932 |
| Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions | 119 319 |
| Norwegian-born to immigrant parents | |
| Total | 59 681 |
| Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand | 7 560 |
| Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions | 52 121 |
As of 2022, immigrants of non-Western origin and their children enumerated 164,824, and made up an estimated 24% of Oslo's population.[3]
Immigrants of Western origin and their children enumerated 71,858, and made up an estimated 10% of the city's population. Immigrants made up a total of 35% of Oslo's population in 2022.[3][4]
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Number of immigrants
[edit]The current number of immigrants by country living in Oslo, Norway, as of 1 January 2020 are as follows;[6]
| Nationality | Population (2021) |
|---|---|
 Pakistan |
22,629 |
 Somalia |
16,838 |
 Poland |
16,160 |
 Sweden |
11,694 |
 Iraq |
8,307 |
 India |
7,188 |
 Morocco |
7,033 |
 Sri Lanka |
6,686 |
 Iran |
6,685 |
 Philippines |
6,585 |
Religion
[edit]Religiously, the residents of Oslo are in a majority-minority state with the largest group religious group being adherents to the Lutheran Church of Norway, but these do not make up the majority of residents. Irreligious people make up 28.9% of the population with the largest other religious group being Islam which makes up 9.5% of the city.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "05182: Persons, by immigration category and sex (C) 1970 - 2023. Statbank Norway". SSB. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ a b c d e f "05803: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year 1735 – 2021-PX-Web SSB". SSB. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "09817: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents by immigration category, in total and separately, country background and percentages of the population (M) 2010 - 2023. Statbank Norway". SSB. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". SSB. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "Projected population – Statistics Norway". Statbank.ssb.no. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Medlemmer i tros- og livssynssamfunn som mottar offentlig støtte" (in Norwegian). Oslo kommune Statistikkbanken. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Folkemengden etter kjønn og alder (B) (2004–2019)" (in Norwegian). Oslo kommune Statistikkbanken. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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