Demographics of Gotneska

Historical populations

The historical population figures for Gotneska are as follows:

Historical populations of Gotneska
Year Pop. ±% 900 656,890 —     1000 704,654 +7.3% 1050 754,211 +7.0% 1100 778,389 +3.2% 1200 863,782 +11.0% 1240 890,971 +3.1% 1300 1,023,789 +14.9% 1400 1,589,398 +55.2% 14501 1,180,230 −25.7% 1500 1,381,934 +17.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1550 1,897,803 +37.3% 16802 2,176,597 +14.7% 1700 2,258,578 +3.8% 1722 3,534,793 +56.5% 1756 4,782,374 +35.3% 1790 5,284,323 +10.5% 1800 5,985,859 +13.3% 1810 7,089,432 +18.4% 1830 7,894,023 +11.3% 1850 9,423,901 +19.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1860 10,012,890 +6.2% 1880 12,103,688 +20.9% 1900 15,789,383 +30.5% 1910 16,345,294 +3.5% 1920 16,984,638 +3.9% 1930 17,589,344 +3.6% 1940 18,934,838 +7.6% 1945 18,893,783 −0.2% 1950 19,678,475 +4.2% 1960 20,732,294 +5.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1970 21,152,946 +2.0% 19733 21,654,904 +2.4% 19854 18,034,456 −16.7% 1995 18,503,125 +2.6% 2000 18,984,349 +2.6% 2010 19,233,456 +1.3% 2020 19,747,689 +2.7% 20235 19,856,234 +0.5%
1 Decreased during TBD Pandemic 2 First ever official nation-wide census 3 Greatest Population 4 Decreased during the Gotneskan Civil War 5 Estimate for present Source: Bureau of Statistics

Nativity and immigration

Ethnic groups of Gotneska in 2020

  Cordic (42%)

  Yetihian (35.5%)

  Valkynian (10.1%)

  Inuquar (4.2%)

  other (8.2%)

The demographic composition of Hverland has seen shifts over the span of six decades, from 1962 to 2022. Predominantly, the country is home to the native Hverlander and Hverfolk population, but there has been a gradual increase in the foreign population over time.

The native population, made up of Hverlanders of two native parents, Hverlanders of one native parent, and Hverfolk, constituted 98.44% of the population in 1962, which decreased to 91.09% in 2022. Hverlanders of two native parents made up the majority of the Native population in all the observed years. However, the proportion of Hverlanders of two native parents witnessed a slight decrease from 94.53% in 1962 to 84.46% in 2022.

Hverlanders of one native parent represented a relatively small proportion of the native population but saw a significant increase over time from 0.4% in 1962 to 3.71% in 2022. Meanwhile, the Hverfolk, another subsection of the native population, decreased slightly from 3.51% in 1962 to 2.92% in 2022.

The foreign population, which consists of immigrants and those born to two immigrants, has seen substantial growth. In 1962, the foreign population accounted for 1.56% of the total, which grew to 8.91% in 2022. Notably, the number of immigrants saw a significant increase from 1.15% in 1962 to 6.86% in 2022. Similarly, the population born to two immigrants increased from 0.41% in 1962 to 2.06% in 2022.

Background Groups	Year
	1973		1985		2003		2023
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%