| 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.
| Demographics of Oslo | |
|---|---|
| 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.
As of 2022, the population of Oslo sat at 702,543.
| 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% |
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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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 |
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