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Counties

The population of the counties of Norway according to official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Estimate (E) 2000-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2006-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2013-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2025-01-01
Agder	AGD	Kristiansand / Arendal	14,991	257,869	266,401	289,125	307,231	322,188	1499100	→
Akershus	AKH	Oslo	5,472	506,593	543,132	611,813	682,092	740,680	547200	→
Buskerud	BSK	Drammen	13,585	218,487	225,183	246,174	259,626	271,248	1358500	→
Finnmark (Finnmárku, Finmarkku)	FMK	Vadsø	45,762	74,059	72,937	74,534	75,472	75,042	4576200	→
Innlandet (incl. Hedmark, Oppland)	ILD	Hamar / Lillehammer	49,401	355,545	356,885	365,649	371,385	377,556	4940100	→
Møre og Romsdal	MOR	Molde	13,857	240,439	242,403	256,975	265,238	272,413	1385700	→
Nordland (Nordlánnda)	NLD	Bodø	35,770	237,582	234,861	238,333	241,235	243,582	3577000	→
Oslo	OSL	Oslo	426	507,467	538,411	623,966	693,494	724,290	42600	→
Østfold	OFD	Sarpsborg	3,729	247,543	259,719	281,309	299,447	314,407	372900	→
Rogaland	RLD	Stavanger	8,589	376,497	397,594	452,159	479,892	504,496	858900	→
Telemark	TMK	Skien	13,854	165,038	166,140	170,902	173,355	177,863	1385400	→
Troms (Romsa, Tromssa)	TMS	Tromsø	25,176	152,687	154,981	161,696	167,839	170,479	2517600	→
Trøndelag (Trööndelage)	TDL	Steinkjer / Trondheim	39,522	393,906	407,878	440,865	468,702	486,815	3952200	→
Vestfold	VFD	Tønsberg	2,091	206,491	215,639	232,178	246,041	258,071	209100	→
Vestland (incl. Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane)	VLD	Bergen	32,023	538,294	558,055	605,597	636,531	655,210	3202300	→
Norway	NOR	Oslo	304,248	4,478,497	4,640,219	5,051,275	5,367,580	5,594,340		→

Counties according to the reestablishment of former counties by 1 January 2024.
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Major Urban Settlements

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2025-01-01
1	Oslo	OSL	1,110,887
2	Bergen	VLD	273,626
3	Stavanger	RLD	241,644
4	Trondheim	TDL	200,652
5	Drammen	BSK	125,680
6	Fredrikstad	OFD	122,704
7	Skien	TMK	97,043
8	Kristiansand	AGD	67,920
9	Tønsberg	VFD	56,533
10	Ålesund	MOR	56,330

Contents: Urban Settlements

The population of all Norwegian urban settlements with more than 10,000 inhabitants according to official estimates.

Ssettlements in the boundaries of 2024.

Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2000-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2006-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2013-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2024-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2025-01-01	Area
Ålesund	MOR	42,187	44,706	49,528	53,905	55,684	56,330	2912	→
Ålgård	RLD	8,089	8,636	10,357	11,520	12,003	12,164	530	→
Alta	FMK	11,496	12,530	14,272	15,484	16,269	16,382	990	→
Arendal	AGD	35,498	37,068	41,703	43,836	45,332	45,601	3207	→
Arna	VLD	10,360	10,477	11,722	9,824	9,945	10,055	457	→
Ås	AKH	7,508	7,976	9,194	10,896	11,257	11,546	475	→
Askim	OFD	11,932	12,570	13,696	14,592	15,368	15,629	770	→
Askøy	VLD	14,476	17,480	21,438	23,958	24,447	24,660	1523	→
Bergen	VLD	210,123	223,461	247,731	263,838	272,125	273,626	9107	→
Bodø	NLD	32,343	35,106	38,973	42,102	43,322	43,504	1507	→
Brumunddal	ILD	8,161	8,704	9,405	10,919	11,337	11,470	734	→
Bryne	RLD	6,917	8,618	11,084	12,308	13,312	13,459	570	→
Drammen	BSK	91,207	96,832	110,503	119,730	124,540	125,680	5303	→
Drøbak	AKH	10,996	11,514	13,244	13,485	13,774	13,859	579	→
Egersund	RLD	9,178	9,528	11,279	11,484	11,788	11,902	701	→
Elverum	ILD	11,633	12,757	14,081	15,248	15,869	16,028	1220	→
Førde	VLD	8,199	8,799	10,099	10,420	10,697	10,922	604	→
Fredrikstad	OFD	94,086	99,357	108,186	116,373	121,679	122,704	6106	→
Gjøvik	ILD	22,789	23,993	26,416	28,211	28,801	30,176	2162	→
Grimstad	AGD	8,883	9,973	12,012	13,543	14,734	15,196	1086	→
Halden	OFD	21,294	22,184	24,410	25,838	26,255	26,320	1441	→
Hamar	ILD	...	...	26,004	28,434	30,030	30,535	1424	→
Harstad	TMS	19,192	19,528	20,429	20,920	21,458	21,602	1159	→
Haugesund	RLD	39,112	40,685	40,152	45,352	47,020	47,346	2142	→
Hønefoss	BSK	13,681	13,811	14,966	16,260	17,084	17,251	970	→
Horten	VFD	17,375	18,404	19,963	20,585	21,114	21,208	865	→
Jessheim	AKH	9,865	13,419	15,909	21,598	24,547	25,469	779	→
Kleppe	RLD	5,938	6,576	8,240	9,366	9,922	10,092	326	→
Knarrevik	VLD	8,324	9,290	10,302	11,711	12,353	12,971	786	→
Kongsberg	BSK	17,046	18,215	20,548	22,471	23,569	23,770	1338	→
Kongsvinger	ILD	11,045	11,125	11,694	12,088	12,443	12,466	773	→
Kopervik	RLD	...	...	11,400	11,574	11,860	12,006	782	→
Korsvik	AGD	...	...	15,893	18,426	19,589	19,794	823	→
Kristiansand	AGD	...	...	58,662	64,596	67,372	67,920	2437	→
Kristiansund	MOR	16,693	16,829	18,002	18,210	18,337	18,479	846	→
Larvik	VFD	23,577	24,675	25,217	26,603	27,487	27,661	1482	→
Leirvik	VLD	11,316	11,723	13,478	14,198	14,720	14,767	1034	→
Levanger	TDL	7,992	8,543	9,256	10,333	10,813	10,894	536	→
Lillehammer	ILD	18,876	19,422	19,465	20,933	21,468	21,677	1157	→
Mandal	AGD	9,648	10,281	10,523	11,053	11,477	11,471	685	→
Mo i Rana	NLD	17,768	17,942	18,358	18,898	18,755	18,739	1279	→
Molde	MOR	18,468	18,876	20,229	21,501	22,410	22,666	1050	→
Mosjøen	NLD	9,624	9,596	9,665	9,769	10,059	10,109	660	→
Moss	OFD	37,387	40,251	44,449	47,397	50,214	50,647	2242	→
Narvik	NLD	14,142	13,950	14,094	14,092	14,183	14,199	691	→
Nesoddtangen	AKH	10,275	11,083	12,188	13,102	13,392	13,444	630	→
Oslo	OSL	778,877	826,353	942,086	1,048,608	1,098,061	1,110,887	27587	→
Osøyro	VLD	7,925	9,494	12,195	14,046	14,943	15,120	941	→
Råholt	AKH	7,536	8,986	11,411	13,932	15,746	16,005	843	→
Sandefjord	VFD	37,229	39,849	41,934	44,968	46,926	48,835	2597	→
Ski	AKH	14,181	15,317	17,684	20,144	22,548	22,718	983	→
Skien	TMK	83,409	85,408	90,621	93,778	96,695	97,043	5406	→
Søgne (Tangvall)	AGD	7,237	8,043	9,400	10,123	11,187	11,442	659	→
Stavanger	RLD	168,836	183,227	209,923	228,287	239,055	241,644	8013	→
Steinkjer	TDL	10,873	11,137	12,084	12,976	13,060	13,123	816	→
Stjørdalshalsen	TDL	9,699	11,223	12,997	14,868	15,693	15,874	872	→
Tønsberg	VFD	43,346	45,447	49,735	53,018	55,939	56,533	2651	→
Tromsdalen	TMS	...	...	16,071	17,750	18,291	18,371	525	→
Tromsø	TMS	...	...	32,774	40,926	42,782	43,368	1379	→
Trondheim	TDL	140,631	150,049	169,972	189,271	198,777	200,652	5942	→
Vennesla	AGD	10,553	11,009	12,055	13,300	13,968	14,158	750	→

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