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Languages of Svalbard
Polar bear warning sign in Norwegian, Svalbard
Official
Norwegian
Immigrant
Russian, Mandarin, Polish
Foreign
English
Signed
Norwegian Sign Language
Keyboard layout
Norwegian QWERTY
Svalbard has a population of approximately 2,395 people as of 2011. Approximately 70% of the people are Norwegians; the remaining 30% are Russian and Ukrainian. The official language of Svalbard is Norwegian. Russian is used in the Russian settlements.
The annual population growth is −0.02%, but as may be seen from the following chart, the ex-Soviet population has atrophied, while the Norwegians have been increasing.
Population of Svalbard[1]
Year
Total
Norwegian
Russian
Polish
1990
3,544
1,125
2,407
12
1995
2,906
1,218
1,679
9
2000
2,376
1,475
893
8
2005
2,400
1,645
747
8
Warning sign in English in Ny-Alesund; English is used as a lingua franca by non-Norwegians in Svalbard.
^"Svalbard Statistics 2005" (PDF). Official Statistics of Norway.
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