Nordregio is an international research institute established by the Nordic Council of Ministers

GIS/Cartography Coordinator

Johanna Roto

Johanna is no longer employed by Nordregio, for contact or further information, please contact nordregio@nordregio.org

Academic qualifications
MSc in Human Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland

Prior positions
Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Helsinki University of Technology 2005-2006


“37 years old male meets 40 years old female in a city – Demographic changes in Norway and in the Nordic Countries”
– Increasing urbanization, mobility and aging of population are high on the agenda when talking about the demographic changes and challenges of today. But how does Norway look like compared to the other Nordic Countries and the rest of Europe?
By Johanna Roto

The article is published in Plan no 5, 2011 and based on Nordregio Working Paper 2011:9  Demography in the Nordic Countries – a synthesis report

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Indigenous population in the Arctic Net Migration 2010-2014 International Net Migration 2010-2014 Natural Population Change in 2010-2014 Crude death rate 2012-2014 Population born in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia in 2014 Crude birth rate 2012-2014 Population aged 80+ years in 2015 Population aged 65-79 years in 2015 Population aged 65+ years in 2015 Population aged 55-64 years in 2015 Population aged 25-54 years in 2015 Population aged 15-24 years in 2015 Population aged 0-14 years in 2015 Old Age Dependency ratio in 2015 Foreign-born inhabitants in 2015 Foreign-born inhabitants in 1995, 2005 and 2015 Population born in Poland 2014 Population born in Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam in 2014 Females and Males in 2015 Age dependency ratio in 2015 Young Age Dependency ratio in 2015 Working-aged Females and Males in 2015 Total population change 2010-2015 by main components Total population change 2010-2015 Total population change 1995-2015 Population change in settlements 2006-2014 Females and males in Nordic Arctic settlements in 2014 Secondary homes in 2015 Industrial Mineral Mines and Deposits Municipalities in Greenland 2009 Metal Ore Mineral Mines and Deposits Oil and Gas in the West Nordic Region Females and males in the Nordic Arctic 2014 and 2015 Resources in the Arctic 2015 Tertiary Education in the Arctic regions Tertiary education gender rate in the Arctic Post-secondary education gender rate in the Arctic Post Secondary Education in the Arctic regions Settlement structure in Sápmi Sápmi Sámi reindeer herding villages and herding areas in Sweden Sámi languages and dialects Sámi areas defined by national law Land cover and natural resources in Sápmi Reindeer herding districts in Finland Reindeer herding areas and districts in Norway Reindeer Herding Area in the Nordic Countries Reindeer Herding Area Mining in Sápmi – Active Metal Ore Mines and Projects Females and males in the Arctic cities and regions in 2014 Females and males in the Arctic cities and regions