Demographics of Eastern Norway

Statistics Norway demographic statistics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1769329,041    
19511,584,045+381.4%
19601,733,346+9.4%
19701,895,148+9.3%
19801,982,131+4.6%
19902,064,971+4.2%
20002,207,164+6.9%
20102,430,512+10.1%
20202,708,720+11.4%
20302,970,713+9.7%
Source: Statistics Norway .

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)

Eastern Norway

(2009 est.)
0–14 years: 18.6% (male 226,334; female 214,775)
15–64 years: 64.5% (male 765,005; female 759,737)
65 years and over: 16.9% (male 150,656; female 201,963)

Population

Population - comparative

slightly larger than Latvia, but slightly smaller than Mongolia and Jamaica.

Population growth rate

1.59% (in 2008)

Population growth rate - comparative

slightly larger than India, but slightly smaller than Turkmenistan.

Total fertility rate

1.85 children born/woman (2007)

Language

Main article: Norwegian language

Literacy

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

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