# Demographics of Oslo

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

## Population

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

## Origin

| Population Group | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year |
| Population Group | 1970 | 1970 | 1980 | 1980 | 1990 | 1990 | 2000 | 2000 | 2010 | 2010 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Population Group | 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
| | Persons |
| | 2023 |
| | 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.
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.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1500 | 2,500 | — |
| 1801 | 8,931 | +257.2% |
| 1855 | 31,715 | +255.1% |
| 1890 | 151,239 | +376.9% |
| 1951 | 434,365 | +187.2% |
| 1961 | 475,663 | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 481,548 | +1.2% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1981 | 452,023 | −6.1% |
| 1991 | 461,644 | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 508,726 | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 599,230 | +17.8% |
| 2017 | 672,061 | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 707,531 | +5.3% |
Source: Statistics Norway :

## Number of immigrants

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

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