Counties
The population of the counties of Norway according to official estimates.
| Name | Abbr. | Capital | Area A-L (km²) | Population Estimate (E) 1986-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 1993-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2000-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2006-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2013-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | NOR | Oslo | 304,248 | 4,159,187 | 4,299,167 | 4,478,497 | 4,640,219 | 5,051,275 | 5,367,580 | |||
| Agder | AGD | Kristiansand / Arendal | 14,991 | 234,881 | 245,537 | 257,869 | 266,401 | 289,125 | 307,231 | 1499100 | → | |
| Innlandet (incl. Hedmark, Oppland) | INL | Hamar / Lillehammer | 49,401 | 354,842 | 356,098 | 355,545 | 356,885 | 365,649 | 371,385 | 4940100 | → | |
| Møre og Romsdal | MOR | Molde | 13,857 | 234,036 | 236,263 | 240,439 | 242,403 | 256,975 | 265,238 | 1385700 | → | |
| Nordland | NOR | Bodø | 35,770 | 240,295 | 238,666 | 237,582 | 234,861 | 238,333 | 241,235 | 3577000 | → | |
| Oslo | OSL | Oslo | 426 | 449,395 | 473,454 | 507,467 | 538,411 | 623,966 | 693,494 | 42600 | → | |
| Rogaland | ROG | Stavanger | 8,589 | 326,421 | 349,787 | 376,497 | 397,594 | 452,159 | 479,892 | 858900 | → | |
| Troms og Finnmark (Romsa ja Finnmárku) | TOF | Tromsø / Vadsø | 70,938 | 224,315 | 226,358 | 226,746 | 227,918 | 236,230 | 243,311 | 7093800 | → | |
| Trøndelag (Trööndelage) | TDL | Steinkjer | 39,522 | 377,960 | 385,365 | 393,906 | 407,878 | 440,865 | 468,702 | 3952200 | → | |
| Vestfold og Telemark | VOT | Skien / Tønsberg | 15,945 | 348,571 | 358,272 | 371,529 | 381,779 | 403,080 | 419,396 | 1594500 | → | |
| Vestland (incl. Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane) | VES | Bergen / Leikanger | 32,023 | 501,402 | 519,496 | 538,294 | 558,055 | 605,597 | 636,531 | 3202300 | → | |
| Viken (incl. Akershus, Buskerud, Østfold) | VIK | Oslo | 22,786 | 867,069 | 909,871 | 972,623 | 1,028,034 | 1,139,296 | 1,241,165 | 2278600 | → |
- The majority of the council of Viken voted against the merger and asked the Storting to dissolve Viken after the elections in 2021.
- Statistics Norway (web).
Major Cities
| Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oslo | OSL | 693,494 |
| 2 | Bergen | VES | 283,929 |
| 3 | Trondheim | TDL | 205,163 |
| 4 | Stavanger | ROG | 143,574 |
| 5 | Bærum | VIK | 127,731 |
| 6 | Kristiansand | AGD | 111,633 |
| 7 | Drammen | VIK | 101,386 |
| 8 | Asker | VIK | 94,441 |
| 9 | Lillestrøm | VIK | 85,983 |
| 10 | Fredrikstad | VIK | 82,385 |
Contents: Cities & Communes
The population of all Norwegian cities and communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to official estimates.
| Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 1986-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 1993-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2000-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2006-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2013-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01 | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ålesund | MOR | 50,599 | 51,557 | 54,550 | 56,445 | 61,893 | 66,258 | 60725 | → | |
| Alta | TOF | 14,000 | 15,838 | 16,837 | 17,889 | 19,646 | 20,789 | 365336 | → | |
| Alver (incl. Knarvik) | VES | 19,729 | 21,196 | 22,430 | 23,851 | 27,170 | 29,224 | 65195 | → | |
| Arendal | AGD | 36,911 | 38,438 | 39,446 | 39,826 | 43,336 | 44,999 | 25499 | → | |
| Ås | VIK | 11,351 | 12,086 | 13,568 | 14,530 | 17,568 | 20,439 | 10129 | → | |
| Asker (incl. Røyken) | VIK | 60,394 | 65,643 | 73,892 | 77,991 | 86,817 | 94,441 | 36440 | → | |
| Askøy | VES | 18,163 | 18,490 | 19,727 | 22,496 | 26,831 | 29,553 | 9398 | → | |
| Bærum | VIK | 84,724 | 92,748 | 101,494 | 105,928 | 116,677 | 127,731 | 18886 | → | |
| Bergen | VES | 207,922 | 218,144 | 229,496 | 242,158 | 267,950 | 283,929 | 44498 | → | |
| Bjørnafjorden (incl. Osøyro) | VES | 15,583 | 16,663 | 17,580 | 18,991 | 21,960 | 24,908 | 48862 | → | |
| Bodø | NOR | 35,792 | 39,178 | 42,465 | 44,992 | 49,203 | 52,357 | 130857 | → | |
| Drammen (incl. Nedre Eiker) | VIK | 74,534 | 77,216 | 81,602 | 85,877 | 95,683 | 101,386 | 30496 | → | |
| Eidsvoll | VIK | 15,719 | 16,837 | 17,524 | 18,923 | 22,142 | 25,436 | 38550 | → | |
| Elverum | INL | 16,948 | 17,595 | 18,046 | 18,992 | 20,343 | 21,254 | 120916 | → | |
| Færder (incl. Nøtterøy, Tjøme) | VOT | 20,840 | 22,263 | 24,106 | 24,648 | 25,965 | 26,730 | 10003 | → | |
| Fredrikstad | VIK | 63,962 | 64,813 | 67,761 | 70,791 | 76,807 | 82,385 | 28345 | → | |
| Gjøvik | INL | 25,908 | 26,669 | 27,013 | 27,819 | 29,407 | 30,560 | 63042 | → | |
| Grimstad | AGD | 14,768 | 16,155 | 17,821 | 19,224 | 21,594 | 23,544 | 27226 | → | |
| Halden | VIK | 25,844 | 25,896 | 26,733 | 27,722 | 29,880 | 31,373 | 59550 | → | |
| Hamar | INL | 24,484 | 25,999 | 26,545 | 27,593 | 29,353 | 31,369 | 33760 | → | |
| Harstad | TOF | 22,753 | 23,340 | 23,627 | 23,765 | 24,291 | 24,703 | 42906 | → | |
| Haugesund | ROG | 26,883 | 28,436 | 30,362 | 31,738 | 35,753 | 37,357 | 6840 | → | |
| Holmestrand | VOT | 18,412 | 18,841 | 19,652 | 20,473 | 22,245 | 24,699 | 40662 | → | |
| Horten | VOT | 21,984 | 22,795 | 23,764 | 24,871 | 26,595 | 27,351 | 6836 | → | |
| Indre Østfold (incl. Askim) | VIK | 34,500 | 35,002 | 36,944 | 38,884 | 42,237 | 44,792 | 75538 | → | |
| Karmøy (incl. Åkrehamn) | ROG | 34,196 | 35,489 | 36,971 | 37,928 | 41,118 | 42,186 | 21924 | → | |
| Kongsberg | VIK | 21,060 | 21,258 | 22,293 | 23,315 | 25,887 | 27,723 | 75416 | → | |
| Kristiansand | AGD | 74,340 | 80,142 | 86,779 | 92,147 | 101,721 | 111,633 | 60884 | → | |
| Kristiansund | MOR | 22,164 | 22,163 | 22,124 | 22,447 | 24,131 | 24,179 | 8628 | → | |
| Larvik | VOT | 39,109 | 41,089 | 42,765 | 43,656 | 45,567 | 47,204 | 77100 | → | |
| Levanger | TDL | 16,337 | 17,133 | 17,501 | 18,080 | 19,078 | 20,164 | 61000 | → | |
| Lier | VIK | 18,348 | 19,264 | 21,308 | 21,874 | 24,763 | 26,811 | 28180 | → | |
| Lillehammer | INL | 22,128 | 23,545 | 24,724 | 25,314 | 26,850 | 28,345 | 45077 | → | |
| Lillestrøm | VIK | 50,810 | 54,576 | 60,105 | 66,302 | 77,705 | 85,983 | 41235 | → | |
| Lindesnes (incl. Mandal) | AGD | 18,619 | 19,097 | 19,909 | 20,726 | 22,325 | 23,046 | 88352 | → | |
| Lørenskog | VIK | 24,125 | 27,114 | 29,505 | 30,929 | 34,320 | 41,460 | 6726 | → | |
| Molde | MOR | 26,928 | 27,917 | 28,977 | 29,208 | 30,941 | 31,967 | 143579 | → | |
| Moss | VIK | 36,154 | 37,155 | 39,921 | 42,044 | 45,955 | 49,273 | 12760 | → | |
| Narvik | NOR | 23,321 | 23,144 | 22,512 | 22,104 | 22,055 | 21,845 | 343217 | → | |
| Nes | VIK | 14,917 | 15,626 | 16,288 | 18,022 | 19,819 | 23,092 | 60897 | → | |
| Nittedal | VIK | 15,187 | 16,350 | 18,639 | 19,722 | 21,971 | 24,249 | 17948 | → | |
| Nordre Follo (incl. Ski, Oppegård) | VIK | 40,570 | 44,300 | 48,347 | 50,907 | 55,270 | 59,288 | 19600 | → | |
| Oslo | OSL | 449,395 | 473,454 | 507,467 | 538,411 | 623,966 | 693,494 | 42629 | → | |
| Øygarden (incl. Fjell, Sund) | VES | 20,087 | 23,651 | 26,961 | 30,053 | 34,354 | 38,316 | 30021 | → | |
| Porsgrunn | VOT | 31,317 | 31,214 | 32,892 | 33,550 | 35,392 | 36,397 | 16090 | → | |
| Rana (incl. Mo i Rana) | NOR | 25,219 | 24,908 | 25,255 | 25,355 | 25,752 | 26,184 | 420593 | → | |
| Ringerike (incl. Hønefoss) | VIK | 26,797 | 27,374 | 27,917 | 28,197 | 29,400 | 30,641 | 142320 | → | |
| Ringsaker | INL | 30,521 | 31,304 | 31,622 | 31,923 | 33,406 | 34,768 | 112294 | → | |
| Sandefjord | VOT | 47,936 | 50,122 | 53,552 | 56,829 | 61,573 | 63,764 | 41391 | → | |
| Sandnes | ROG | 41,803 | 47,848 | 54,016 | 60,039 | 71,273 | 79,537 | 98693 | → | |
| Sarpsborg | VIK | 46,274 | 46,543 | 47,447 | 50,115 | 53,696 | 56,732 | 36985 | → | |
| Skien | VOT | 47,020 | 48,384 | 49,592 | 50,761 | 53,015 | 54,942 | 71891 | → | |
| Sola | ROG | 14,832 | 16,814 | 18,915 | 20,138 | 24,579 | 27,153 | 6888 | → | |
| Stange | INL | 17,645 | 17,586 | 17,928 | 18,591 | 19,407 | 21,064 | 64090 | → | |
| Stavanger | ROG | 100,311 | 106,797 | 114,794 | 121,298 | 136,825 | 143,574 | 23544 | → | |
| Steinkjer | TDL | 23,826 | 23,726 | 23,192 | 23,121 | 24,226 | 24,357 | 198136 | → | |
| Stjørdal (incl. Stjørdalshalsen) | TDL | 16,748 | 17,402 | 18,238 | 19,892 | 22,379 | 24,145 | 91326 | → | |
| Sunnfjord (incl. Førde) | VES | 16,588 | 17,868 | 19,052 | 19,715 | 21,273 | 22,030 | 206812 | → | |
| Tønsberg | VOT | 37,761 | 39,812 | 42,652 | 45,162 | 50,233 | 56,293 | 33133 | → | |
| Tromsø | TOF | 48,091 | 53,456 | 59,145 | 63,596 | 70,358 | 76,974 | 247336 | → | |
| Trondheim | TDL | 138,260 | 145,036 | 153,734 | 163,966 | 185,631 | 205,163 | 49687 | → | |
| Ullensaker (incl. Jessheim) | VIK | 17,529 | 18,363 | 20,160 | 25,269 | 31,743 | 39,625 | 25033 | → |
- Statistics Norway (web).