title: Demographics of Southern Norway
text: # 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%
  
  