Demographics of Oslo

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

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

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Population

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

Origin

Population GroupYear
1970 [1] [2] 1980 [1] [2] 1990 [1] [2] 2000 [1] [2] 2010 [1] [2] 2020 [1] [2]
Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%
Flag of Norway (c81329 for red & 14275b for blue).svg Norwegians469,17596.2%424,75693.4%399,87887.3408,29880.4%420,46971.7%451,53465.1%
Norwegian born in Norway458,08494.0%409,80490.1%379,34682.8%377,65374.4%374,42163.8%389,13056.1%
Foreign born to Norwegian born parents2,1290.4%2,5850.6%3,0540.7%3,5070.7%6,2411.1%7,2211.0%
Norwegian born with one foreign-born parent8,9621.8%12,3672.7%17,4783.8%27,1385.3%39,8076.8%55,1838.0%
Total: Immigrants18,1883.8%30,1166.6%58,48612.8%99,16919.5%166,39128.4%241,96034.9%
Immigrants15,9813.3%25,2785.6%47,06310.3%73,77714.5%122,37920.9%177,45525.6%
Norwegian born to immigrant parents4920.1%2,3950.5%8,1641.8%20,9634.1%38,1106.5%56,8998.2%
Foreign born with one Norwegian parent1,7150.4%2,4430.5%3,2590.7%4,4290.9%5,9021.0%7,6061.1%
Total487,363100%454,872100%458,364100%507,467100%586,860100%693,494100%

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
Total243 932
Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand72 492
Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions171 440
Immigrants
Total184 251
Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand64 932
Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions119 319
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents
Total59 681
Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand7 560
Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions52 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]

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 [5]

Number of immigrants

The current number of immigrants by country living in Oslo, Norway, as of 1 January 2020 are as follows; [6]

NationalityPopulation (2021)
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan22,629
Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia16,838
Flag of Poland.svg Poland16,160
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden11,694
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq8,307
Flag of India.svg India7,188
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco7,033
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka6,686
Flag of Iran.svg Iran6,685
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines6,585

Religion

Religion in Oslo (1.1.2019) [7] [8]
religionpercent
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.

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