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

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

Origin

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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]

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

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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

Religion

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "05182: Persons, by immigration category and sex (C) 1970 - 2023. Statbank Norway". SSB. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". SSB. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  5. ^ "Projected population – Statistics Norway". Statbank.ssb.no. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.