Demographics of Southern Norway
# 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)

**Age structure**

**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)

**Literacy**

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 100%

male: NA%

female: NA%

