In 1935 there were only about 1,7 thousand permanent residents in Ogre. After annexation of Latvia to the USSR and World War II when immigration of representatives of different nationalities from the whole Soviet Union began the number of inhabitants grew and reached 7,5 thousand in 1959. In 1970 the number of inhabitants is already 15,7 thousand but in 1979 - 26,1 thousand.
The number continued growing and in 1989 it reached 30,2 thousand. With
restoring independent Republic of Latvia and change in economy leading to
market economy which has resulted in decrease in the rate of employment since
1990 the number of inhabitants has been decreasing - people have either
emigrated of moved to find a job somewhere else.
