Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs in Oslo
Oslo: Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs was 28.1 Percentage of population in 2025. β² Rising
Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs in Oslo, 2000β2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of population.
Analysis
Oslo recorded 28.1 Percentage of population for foreign-born population - cities and fuas in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Oslo peaked at 28.1 Percentage of population in 2025 and was at its lowest, 15.2 Percentage of population, in 2000.
That places Oslo 46th out of 554 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.69 Percentage of population | 15.2 Percentage of population | 21 Percentage of population | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.7 Percentage of population | 21.7 Percentage of population | 26.4 Percentage of population | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.28 Percentage of population | 26.7 Percentage of population | 28.1 Percentage of population | 6 |
More population data for Oslo
- Heat stress - Cities and FUAs β Mean population exposure to heat 2.1 Days per year (2025)
- Population by age and sex - Cities and FUAs 837,896 Persons (2025)
- Population by citizenship - Cities and FUAs 14.7 Percentage of population (2025)
- Population and built-up density - Cities and FUAs β Urbanised area 27 Square kilometres (2030)
- Live births (total) by NUTS 3 region 9,117 (2024)
- Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and NUTS 3 region 724,290 (2025)
- Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at regional 1,407 (2024)
- Population on 1 January by age group, sex and NUTS 3 region 724,290 (2025)
- Live births by age group of the mothers and NUTS 3 region 9,117 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Oslo?
- Foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Oslo was 28.1 Percentage of population in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest foreign-born population - cities and fuas recorded in Oslo?
- The highest recorded value was 28.1 Percentage of population in 2025.
- What is the lowest foreign-born population - cities and fuas recorded in Oslo?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.2 Percentage of population in 2000.
- How does Oslo rank for foreign-born population - cities and fuas?
- Oslo ranks 46th out of 554 regions with data for 2025.
- Is foreign-born population - cities and fuas rising or falling in Oslo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oslo data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides population counts for native and foreign-born population in OECD Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> Population by origin data is collected at the level of small administrative units (e.g. municipalities) and aggregated at the FUA and city level. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.parquet>parquet </a> and <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.csv>csv</a> format. <br /><br /> For more details on data sources for each country, please see <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/a79b007d-en>Astruc-Le Souder et al. (2024)</a>. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> β defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> β including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> <p>The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/yy">Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs</a>),Β <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>