Demographics of Hverland

The demographics of Hverland describe the changing composition of the nation's population, which includes population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

The demographic trends in Hverland are expected to evolve over time due to factors such as urbanization, immigration, and changes in family structures. As such, the government has implemented various policies to address these changes and ensure the social and economic wellbeing of all residents.

Population

As of the last census, Hverland has a population of 134,052.

Year	Estimated Population
1962	75,070
1963	75,874
1964	76,691
1965	77,521
1966	78,364
1967	79,220
1968	80,089
1969	80,972
1970	81,868
1971	82,778
1972	83,702
1973	84,640
1974	85,592
1975	86,558
1976	87,538
1977	88,533
1978	89,542
1979	90,566
1980	91,604
1981	92,657
1982	91,924
1983	92,996
1984	94,079
1985	95,174
1986	96,282
1987	97,402
1988	98,536
1989	99,683
1990	100,844
1991	102,018
1992	103,206
1993	104,409
1994	105,625
1995	106,856
1996	108,102
1997	109,362
1998	110,637
1999	111,927
2000	113,232
2001	114,553
2002	112,150
2003	113,300
2004	114,472
2005	115,668
2006	116,889
2007	118,135
2008	119,406
2009	120,703
2010	122,026
2011	122,375
2012	122,752
2013	121,156
2014	122,588
2015	123,048
2016	123,536
2017	124,053
2018	125,599
2019	127,174
2020	129,779
2021	131,414
2022	134,052

Ethnicity

Ethnic groups of Hverland in 2022

  Hverlanders (88.2%)

  Hverfolk (2.9%)

  Other (8.9%)

Hverland is predominantly monoethnic, with nearly 91% of the population being of Hverlandic descent. However, the country has a small indigenous population, known as the Hverfolk, who number fewer than 4,000 individuals. There is also a small community of immigrants and expatriates, drawn primarily from neighboring Nordic countries.

Background Groups	Year
	1962		1982		2002		2022
Native	73,898	7001984400000000000♠98.44%	89,173	7001970100000000000♠97.01%	106,735	7001951700000000000♠95.17%	122,105	7001910900000000000♠91.09%
└ Hverlanders of two native parents	70,966	7001945300000000000♠94.53%	84,863	7001923200000099999♠92.32%	99,741	7001889400000000000♠88.94%	113,223	7001844609999999999♠84.46%
└ Hverlanders of one native parent	298	6999400000000000000♠0.4%	1,362	7000148000000000000♠1.48%	3,650	7000325000000000000♠3.25%	4,969	7000371000000000000♠3.71%
└ Hverfolk	2,634	7000351000000000000♠3.51%	2,948	7000321000000000000♠3.21%	3,344	7000298000000000000♠2.98%	3,913	7000292000000000000♠2.92%
Foreign	1,172	7000156000000000000♠1.56%	2,751	7000299000000000000♠2.99%	5,415	7000483000000000000♠4.83%	11,947	7000891000000000000♠8.91%
└ Immigrants	865	7000115000000099999♠1.15%	1,813	7000197000000000000♠1.97%	3,823	7000341000000000000♠3.41%	9,191	7000686000000000000♠6.86%
└ Born to two immigrants	307	6999410009999900000♠0.41%	938	7000102000000000000♠1.02%	1,592	7000142000000000000♠1.42%	2,756	7000206000000000000♠2.06%
Total	75,070	100%	91,924	100%	112,150	100%	134,052	100%

Projections

Ethnic groups of Hverland in 2082 (projection)

  Hverlanders (64%)

  Hverfolk (1%)

  Other (35%)

Background Groups	Year
	2042		2062		2082		2102
Native	166,465	7001710000000000000♠71%	198,544	7001690000000000000♠69%	228,505	7001670000000000000♠67%	256,332	7001650000000000000♠65%
└ Hverlanders of two native parents	141,832	7001600000000000000♠60%	168,442	7001590000000000000♠59%	192,872	7001570000000000000♠57%	210,100	7001530000000000000♠53%
└ Hverlanders of one native parent	21,958	7000900000000000000♠9%	27,018	7000900000000000000♠9%	32,748	7001100000000000000♠10%	43,152	7001110000000000000♠11%
└ Hverfolk	2,675	7000100000000000000♠1%	3,084	7000100000000000000♠1%	2,885	7000100000000000000♠1%	3,080	7000100000000000000♠1%
Foreign	68,006	7001290000000000000♠29%	89,014	7001310000000000000♠31%	112,515	7001330000000000000♠33%	138,172	7001350000000000000♠35%
└ Immigrants	52,407	7001220000000000000♠22%	69,218	7001240000000000000♠24%	88,014	7001260000000000000♠26%	108,837	7001280000000000000♠28%
└ Born to two immigrants	15,599	7000700000000000000♠7%	19,796	7000700000000000000♠7%	24,501	7000700000000000000♠7%	24,501	7000700000000000000♠7%
Total	234,471	100%	287,558	100%	341,020	100%	394,504	100%

Language

Hverlandic is the official language and is spoken by the majority of the population.

Primary language

The primary language spoken at home in Hverland from 1962 to 2022 has predominantly been Hverlandic. In 1962, it was spoken by 97.41% of the population, or 73,125 individuals. Over the decades, this percentage has shown a slight decline, yet it still remained the dominant language as of 2022 when it was spoken by 93.44% of the population, or 125,260 individuals.

The remaining languages spoken at home have shown varied trends over this period. Notably, Spanish and Polish languages have seen a considerable increase. In 1962, Spanish was practically non-existent, with only two speakers, but by 2022 it was spoken by 1.68% of the population, or 2,252 individuals. Similarly, Polish language speakers were non-existent in 1962, but grew to 1.42% of the population, or 1,909 individuals, in 2022.

Hverland Indigenous Languages, while consistently spoken by a small percentage of the population, have seen a small decline over the years, from 2.05% in 1962 to 1.19% in 2022. English and Icelandic languages have remained relatively steady in usage, but they account for a very small percentage of the population. The use of English increased slightly from 0.03% in 1962 to 0.3% in 2022, while Icelandic saw a decrease from 0.27% in 1962 to 0.09% in 2022.

Finally, speakers of other languages have shown an increasing trend, rising from 0.24% in 1962 to 1.87% in 2022.

Primary home language, 1962-2022

Language	1962		1982		2002		2022
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Hverlandic	73,125	7001974100000000000♠97.41%	88,581	7001963600000000000♠96.36%	107,242	7001956200000000000♠95.62%	125,260	7001934400000000000♠93.44%
Spanish	2	5000000000000000000♠0%	214	6999230000000000000♠0.23%	799	6999710000000000000♠0.71%	2,252	7000168000000000000♠1.68%
Polish	0	5000000000000000000♠0%	155	6999170000000000000♠0.17%	403	6999360000000000000♠0.36%	1,909	7000142000000000000♠1.42%
HILs	1,542	7000205009999999999♠2.05%	1,620	7000176000000000000♠1.76%	1,575	7000140000000099999♠1.4%	1,593	7000119000000000000♠1.19%
English	24	6998300000000000000♠0.03%	252	6999270000000000000♠0.27%	297	6999260000000000000♠0.26%	405	6999300000000000000♠0.3%
Icelandic	199	6999270000000000000♠0.27%	304	6999330000000000000♠0.33%	295	6999260000000000000♠0.26%	125	6998900000000000000♠0.09%
Other language	178	6999240000000000000♠0.24%	753	6999820009999900000♠0.82%	1,584	7000141000000000000♠1.41%	2,508	7000187000000000000♠1.87%

Fluent

The data on languages spoken fluently in Hverland between 1962 and 2022 reveals some distinct trends. Hverlandic, the native language, has maintained near-ubiquitous fluency among the population. In 1962, 99.07% of the population, or 74,374 individuals, were fluent in Hverlandic. This number has slightly declined in percentage but grown in actual numbers, with 97.81% of the population, or 131,113 individuals, reporting fluency in 2022.

The second most fluently spoken language is English, showing a significant increase over time. In 1962, English fluency was at 17.72%, or 43,300 individuals. By 2022, this number rose drastically to 93.4% of the population, or 125,211 individuals.

Fluency in Spanish has also shown a gradual increase. In 1962, 2.56% of the population, or 1,925 individuals, were fluent in Spanish. This rose to 5.17% of the population, or 6,935 individuals, in 2022. Polish fluency saw a similar but more modest increase from 0.02% in 1962 (13 individuals) to 1.91% in 2022 (2,555 individuals).

On the other hand, fluency in Hverland Indigenous Languages (HILs) and Icelandic has been decreasing. HILs went from 5.85% fluency in 1962 (4,392 individuals) to 2.55% in 2022 (3,421 individuals), while Icelandic decreased from 3.81% in 1962 (2,858 individuals) to 0.63% in 2022 (849 individuals).

Finally, the category of other languages has seen a significant increase in fluency, from 39.95% of the population in 1962 (29,993 individuals) to 59.69% in 2022 (80,009 individuals). This suggests an increasing linguistic diversity in Hverland over the studied period.

Languages speaken fluently, 1962-2022

Language	1962		1982		2002		2022
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Hverlandic	74,374	7001990700000099999♠99.07%	89,955	7001978600000000000♠97.86%	110,222	7001982800000000000♠98.28%	131,113	7001978100000000000♠97.81%
Spanish	1,925	7000256000000000000♠2.56%	3,252	7000354000000000000♠3.54%	4,994	7000445000000000000♠4.45%	6,935	7000517000000000000♠5.17%
Polish	13	6998200000000000000♠0.02%	200	6999220000000000000♠0.22%	694	6999620000000000000♠0.62%	2,555	7000191000000000000♠1.91%
HILs	4,392	7000585000000000000♠5.85%	4,013	7000437000000000000♠4.37%	3,599	7000321000000000000♠3.21%	3,421	7000255000000099999♠2.55%
English	43,300	7001177200000000000♠17.72%	69,878	7001760200000000000♠76.02%	103,444	7001922400000000000♠92.24%	125,211	7001934000000000000♠93.4%
Icelandic	2,858	7000381000000000000♠3.81%	2,111	7000230000000099999♠2.3%	1,462	7000130000000000000♠1.3%	849	6999630000000000000♠0.63%
Other language	29,993	7001399500000000000♠39.95%	43,513	7001473400000000000♠47.34%	56,385	7001502800000000000♠50.28%	80,009	7001596900000000000♠59.69%

Religion

The majority of Hverlanders are Lutheran, reflecting the country's historical and cultural ties to other Nordic countries. However, there are also small communities of other Christian denominations, as well as other religions. The Hverfolk traditionally practice a form of animistic spirituality, though many also identify as Lutheran.

Education

Hverland boasts a high literacy rate, with education being compulsory up to the secondary level. The country is home to several universities and institutes of higher learning, which attract students from across the Nordic region.

Health

Hverlanders enjoy a high standard of healthcare, with universal access to medical services through the HverVision system. Life expectancy in Hverland is above average when compared with global standards.

Economy

Most Hverlanders are employed in the services sector, with a smaller proportion involved in manufacturing and agriculture. The country's economy is stable, with a high GDP per capita and low unemployment rate.