Demographics of Southern Norway

Statistics Norway demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the Statistics Norway, unless otherwise indicated.

Age and sex distribution

Age structure

Norway

(2005 est.) 0–14 years: 19.7% (male 466,243; female 443,075) 15–64 years: 65.6% (male 1,234,384; female 1,486,887) 65 years and over: 14.7% (male 285,389; female 392,331)

Southern Norway

(2009 est.) 0–14 years: 19.8% (male 27,734; female 26,836) 15–64 years: 66.1% (male 92,364; female 89,516) 65 years and over: 14.1% (male 17,311; female 22,831)

Population

257,869 (January 1, 2000) 277,250 (July 1, 2009) Population growth 19,381 (7.5%)

Population - comparative slightly larger than Vanuatu and Barbados, but slightly smaller than Iceland and Maldives.

Population growth rate

1.31% (in 2008)

Population growth rate - comparative slightly larger than Brazil, but slightly smaller than Oregon.

Total fertility rate

1.96 children born/woman (2007)

Language

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: NA% female: NA%