Norway Yearbook - 1996

Population
33 Population, land area and population density. County
County
1961 1971
Population 1 january1
1981 1991 1995 t996
Land area
Pop. density
per km2.
1996
Mainland 3 594 771 3888 305 4092 340 4249830 4348410 4369957 306 253 14
østf old 202 751 221 386 233 301 238345 239382 240251 3 889 62
Akershus 234323 324390 369193 418 114 434 451 439928 4587 96
Oslo 475663 481 548 452023 461 644 483401 488659 427 1144
Hedmark 177324 179204 187223 187 314 186 593 186247 26120 7
Oppland 166303 172479 180765 182 593 183 301 182 883 23 827 8
Buskerud 168351 198852 214571 225261 228498 229 366 13856 17
Vestfold 174382 175402 186691 198354 203 240 204440 2 140 96
Telemark 149943 156778 162050 162869 163 141 163213 14186 12
Aust-Agder 77066 80839 90629 97314 99615 100211 8485 12
Vest-Agder 109083 124171 136718 145091 149 500 150426 6817 22
Rogaand 239052 268684 305490 337 906 354 447 357027 8553 42
Hordaland 341 303 373 843 391 463 411 022 422 554 425 247 14962 28
Sogn og Fordane 99957 100933 105924 106614 107 609 107738 17864 6
Møre og Romsdal 213286 223709 236062 238 278 240 146 241 032 14596 17
Sør-Trøndelag 211819 234022 244760 251 076 256 304 257 196 17839 14
Nord-Trøndelag 116760 117998 125835 127226 127 537 127 325 20777 6
Nordland 237530 240951 244493 239403 241 426 241 147 36302 7
Troms 127771 136805 146818 146816 150636 151 160 25 147 6
Finnmark 72104 76311 78331 74590 76629 76461 45879 2
1Figures corresponding with county boundaries in the relevant year. Persons on Jan Mayen and in Norwegian settlements on Svalbard are
normally registered as residents of a municipality on the mainland.
Source: The Norwegian Mapping Authority, NOS Population Statistics. More information: Division for Population and Education Statistics.
34 Population in urban settlements and sparsely populated areas. County. 1 January 1995
County
Total1
Number
Urban settlements
Less than 2 000 in-
Total 2 000 in- habitants
habitants and more
Sparsely
populated
areas
1lncluding inhabitants were no information is available on urban/sparsely populated residence,1 7074 persons 1 january 1995. 2Eecluding
inhabitants with no information on urban/sparsely populated residence.
Source: Regional Statistics and unpublished data in Statistics Norway. More information: Division for Population and Education Statistics.
Total2
Per cent
Urban settlements
Less than 2 000 in-
Total 2 000 in- habitants
habitants and more
Sparsely
populated
areas
Total 43484103202481 46980827321121128855 100 74 11 63 26
østf old 239382 190436 22337 167538 48251 lOO 80 9 70 20
Akershus 434451 375535 39329 336206 58297 100 87 9 78 13
Oslo 483401 481 508 617 480891 974 100 100 0 100 0
Hedmark 186593 95052 28049 67003 90674 100 51 15 36 49
Oppland 183301 92005 40369 51636 90125 100 51 22 28 49
Buskerud 228498 170407 22028 148379 56971 100 75 10 65 25
Vestfold 203240 161634 27922 133712 41339 100 80 14 66 20
Telemark 163141 118056 20302 97754 44518 100 73 12 60 27
Aust-Agder 99615 60899 8530 52369 37818 100 62 9 53 38
Vest-Agder 149500 113598 18240 95358 34914 100 77 12 64 24
Rogaland 354447 283726 18212 265514 69626 100 80 5 75 20
Hordaland 422554 307833 45677 262156 113083 100 73 11 62 27
Sogn og Ejordane 107609 50798 25350 25448 55917 100 48 24 24 52
Møre og Romsdal 240146 142279 33786 108493 96879 100 60 14 45 41
Sør-Trøndelag 256304 187665 22421 165244 67685 100 74 9 65 27
Nord-Trøndelag 127537 66672 24174 42498 60310 100 53 19 33 47
Nordland 241426 154627 37261 117366 84715 100 65 16 49 35
Troms 150636 93622 18017 75605 56559 100 62 12 50 38
Finnmark 76629 56129 17187 38942 20200 100 74 23 51 26
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