Demographics of Oslo

The population of Oslo is monitored by Statistics Norway. As of 2022, the population of Oslo sat at 702,543.

Demographics of Oslo
Population pyramid of the Oslo county in 2022
Population702,543 (2022)
Oslo's population from 1801 to 2006

Population

As of 2022, the population of Oslo sat at 702,543.

Origin
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 %
Norwegians 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%
Historical population
YearPop.±%
15002,500—    
18018,931+257.2%
185531,715+255.1%
1890151,239+376.9%
1951434,365+187.2%
1961475,663+9.5%
1971481,548+1.2%
YearPop.±%
1981452,023−6.1%
1991461,644+2.1%
2001508,726+10.2%
2011599,230+17.8%
2017672,061+12.2%
2022707,531+5.3%
Source: Statistics Norway[3]

Number of immigrants

The current number of immigrants by country living in Oslo, Norway, as of 1 January 2020 are as follows;[4]

Nationality Population (2021)
 Pakistan22,629
 Somalia16,838
 Poland16,160
 Sweden11,694
 Iraq8,307
 India7,188
 Morocco7,033
 Sri Lanka6,686
 Iran6,685
 Philippines6,585

Religion
Religion in Oslo (1.1.2019)[5][6]
religion percent
Church of Norway
 
 48.7%
Other Christian denominations
 
 8.4%
Islam
 
 9.5%
Buddhism
 
 0.6%
Other religions
 
 1.1%
Life stance communities
 
 2.8%
Unaffiliated
 
 28.9%

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

References
  1. "05182: Persons, by immigration category and sex (C) 1970 - 2023. Statbank Norway". SSB. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. "05803: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year 1735 – 2021-PX-Web SSB". SSB. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. "Projected population – Statistics Norway". Statbank.ssb.no. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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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