Editing Bergen (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|footnote = '''''Source''': [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/1201.html Statistics Norway].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Word - FOB-Hefte.doc |url=http://www.ssb.no/fob/kommunehefte/1201/fob_1201_tabeller.pdf |access-date=7 July 2009 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tabell 6 Folkemengde per 1. januar, etter fylke og kommune. Registrert 2009. Framskrevet 2010–2030, alternativ MMMM |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/03/folkfram/arkiv/tab-2009-06-11-06.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118194211/http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/03/folkfram/arkiv/tab-2009-06-11-06.html |archive-date=18 January 2012 |access-date=7 July 2009 |publisher=Ssb.no |language=no}}</ref> '''Note''': The municipalities of [[Arna, Bergen|Arna]], [[Fana, Bergen|Fana]], [[Laksevåg]] and [[Åsane]] were merged with Bergen 1 January 1972.''
|shading = off
|1769|18827
|1801|24136
|1815|23123
|1825|28195
|1835|31525
|1845|33145
|1855|37015
|1865|42994
|1875|54436
|1890|72879
|1900|94485
|1910|104224
|1920|118490
|1930|129118
|1946|153446
|1950|162381
|1960|185822
|1970|209066
|1980|207674
|1990|212944
|2001|232989
|2011|260392
|2021|285601}}

{{As of|2019|12|alt=As of the start of 2022}}, the municipality had a population of 286,930,<ref name="Pop2021Q1" /> making the population density 599 people per km<sup>2</sup>. Urban areas outside the city limits, as defined by [[Statistics Norway]], consist of [[Indre Arna]] (6,536 residents on 1 January 2012), [[Fanahammeren]] (3,690), [[Ytre Arna]] (2,626), [[Hylkje]] (2,277) and [[Espeland]] (2,182).<ref name="ssbpop">{{Cite web |year=2012 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2012 |url=http://www.ssb.no/a/english/kortnavn/beftett_en/tab-2012-09-06-01-en.html |access-date=31 January 2014 |publisher=Statistics Norway}}</ref>

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|+ '''Minorities (first and second generation) in Bergen by country of origin, 1 January 2024'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=09817: Innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre, etter landbakgrunn, statistikkvariabel, år og region |url=https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/09817/ |access-date=7 August 2024 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway) |language=no}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
|'''Total'''||'' 58175''
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}||6755
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}}||2384
|-
|{{flag|Lithuania}}||2151
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}||2064
|-
|{{flag|Somalia}}||2010
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}}||1904
|-
|{{flag|Eritrea}}||1769
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}||1691
|-
|{{flag|India}}||1509
|-
|{{flag|Romania}}||1415

|}

As of 2007, people of [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] origin (those who have two parents born in Norway) make up 84.5% of Bergen's residents. In addition, 8.1% were [[Immigrant generations|first]] or second generation immigrants of Western background and 7.4% were first or second generation immigrants of non-Western background.<ref name="ssbtall" /> The population grew by 4,549 people in 2009, a growth rate of 1.8%. Ninety-six percent of the population lives in urban areas. As of 2002, the average [[gross income]] for men above the age of 17 is 426,000 [[Norwegian krone]] (NOK), the average gross income for women above the age of 17 is NOK{{spaces}}238,000, with the total average gross income being NOK{{spaces}}330,000.<ref name="ssbtall">{{Cite web |title=SSB: Tall om Bergen kommune |url=http://www.ssb.no/kommuner/hoyre_side.cgi?region=1201 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001031834/http://www.ssb.no/kommuner/hoyre_side.cgi?region=1201 |archive-date=1 October 2007 |access-date=1 October 2007 |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=no}}</ref> In 2007, there were 104.6 men for every 100 women in the age group of 20–39.<ref name="ssbtall" /> 22.8% of the population were under 17{{spaces}}years of age, while 4.5% were 80 and above.

The immigrant population (those with two foreign-born parents) in Bergen, includes 42,169 individuals with backgrounds from more than 200 countries representing 15.5% of the city's population (2014). Of these, 50.2% have background from Europe, 28.9% from Asia, 13.1% from Africa, 5.5% from Latin America, 1.9% from North America, and 0.4% from Oceania. The immigrant population in Bergen in the period 1993–2008 increased by 119.7%, while the ethnic Norwegian population grew by 8.1% during the same period. The national average is 138.0% and 4.2%. The immigrant population has thus accounted for 43.6% of Bergen's population growth and 60.8% of Norway's population growth during the period 1993–2008, compared with 84.5% in Oslo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistics Norway |url=http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=innvbef |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526191822/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=innvbef |archive-date=26 May 2012 |access-date=4 January 2012 |publisher=Stat Bank}}</ref>

The immigrant population in Bergen has changed a lot since 1970. As of 1 January 1986, there were 2,870 people with a non-Western immigrant background in Bergen. In 2006, this figure had increased to 14,630, so the non-Western immigrant population in Bergen was five times higher than in 1986. This is a slightly slower growth than the national average, which has sextupled during the same period. Also in relation to the total population in Bergen, the proportion of non-Westerns increased significantly. In 1986, the proportion of the total population in the municipality of non-Western background was 3.6%. In January 2006, people with a non-Western immigrant background accounted for 6 percent of the population in Bergen. The share of Western immigrants has remained stable at around 2% in the period. The number of [[Polish people|Poles]] in Bergen rose from 697 in 2006 to 3,128 in 2010.<ref>[http://www.bt.no/multimedia/archive/00321/Faktaark_321842a.pdf Immigrant population in Bergen]{{dead link|date=January 2012}}</ref>

As of 2022, immigrants of non-Western origin and their children enumerated 30,540, and made up an estimated 11% of Bergen's population. Immigrants of Western origin and their children enumerated 22,954, and made up an estimated 9% of Bergen's population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=09817: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents by immigration category, in total and separately, country background and percentages of the population (M) 2010 - 2023. Statbank Norway |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/system/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=SSB |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=SSB |language=en}}</ref>

The [[Church of Norway]] is the largest denomination in Bergen, with 201,006 (79.74%) registered adherents in 2012. Bergen is the seat of the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]] with [[Bergen Cathedral]] as its centrepiece, while [[St John's Church, Bergen|St John's Church]] is the city's most prominent. As of 2012, the state church is followed by 52,059 irreligious,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bergen Moské størst av trussamfunna i 2009 |url=http://www.fylkesmannen.no/hoved.aspx?m=1166&amid=2913053 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229163547/http://www.fylkesmannen.no/hoved.aspx?m=1166&amid=2913053 |archive-date=29 February 2012 |access-date=4 January 2012 |publisher=Fylkesmannen.no}}</ref> 4,947 members of various [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[free church]]es, 3,873 actively registered Catholics,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommuner med minst 50 katolikker pr. 31.12.2003 — den katolske kirke |url=http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/norge/kommun03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206215639/http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/norge/kommun03 |archive-date=6 December 2017 |access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Marifjæren |first1=Per |last2=Aarnes |first2=Helle |date=2008-01-13 |title=Polakkene fyller St. Paul |url=https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/Ebrel/polakkene-fyller-st-paul |access-date=2012-01-04 |work=[[Bergens Tidende]] |language=no}}</ref> 2,707 registered Muslims, 816 registered Hindus, 255 registered [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] and 147 registered [[Oriental Orthodox Church|Oriental Orthodox]].