Languages of Svalbard

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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.