Area: 5,370 sq. km

Population: 1,123,359

Age structure: 25 % < 19 ▪ 38 % 20-44 ▪ 26 % 45-66 ▪ 11 % > 67

Students: 60,000

Regional GDP/capita: NOK 516,819 in 2007, Euro 41,345 (exch.rate 0,08)

Work force: 672 000 end of 2008 (excl. self-employed workers)

Employment: 86 % in private and public service sectors, including R&D, financial and high-tech related industries

Unemployment: 2,6 % in Akershus (March 2010); 3,8 % in Oslo (March 2010)

Companies: 115,569 registered in January 2010, 24% of all companies in Norway 

R&D: 45 % of Norway's R&D acitivity: 15 public and private universities and university colleges, 4 science parks and 11 R&D Centres of Excellence