Norway Yearbook - 2003

Population
49 Population, land area and population density, by county
1i corresponding with county boundaries in the relevant year. Persons on Jan Mayen and in Norwegian settlements on Svalbard are
normally registered as residents in a municipality on the mainland.
Source: Population, Statistics Norway and The Norwegian Mapping Authority. More information: http.//www.ssb.no/folkemengde_erV
5 0
Population 1 January1
1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2003
Population in densely and sparsely populated areas, by county.
1 January 20021
NumberPer cent
Densely populated areas
Densely populated areas
Urban Urban
Total2
Total (sum settlements settlements
urban with less with 2 000
settlements) than 2 000 inhabitants
inhabitants and more
Sparsely
populated Total3
areas
Pop density
Land area per km2
2003
Mainland 3 594 771 3883305 4092340 4249830 4503436 4552 252 306 253 15
østfold 202751 221 386 233301 238345 251 032 255 122 3889 66
Akershus 234323 324390 369193 418114 471 988 483283 4587 105
Oslo 475663 481 548 452023 461 644 508726 517401 427 1212
Hedmark 177324 179204 187223 187314 187999 188281 26120 7
Oppland 166303 172479 180765 182593 183419 183582 23827 8
Buskerud 168351 198852 214571 225261 238833 241371 13856 17
Vestfold 174382 175402 186691 198354 215030 218171 2140 102
Telemark 149943 156778 162050 162869 165595 165855 14186 12
Aust-Agder 77066 80839 90629 97314 102714 103195 8485 12
Vest-Agder 109083 124171 136718 145091 156878 159219 6817 23
Rogaland 239052 268684 305490 337906 375225 385020 8735 44
Hordaland 341 303 373843 391 463 411 022 438312 441660 14780 30
SognogFjordane 99957 100933 105924 106614 107590 107274 17864 6
Møreog Romsdal 213286 223709 236062 238278 243810 244309 14596 17
Sør-Trøndelag 211 819 234022 244760 251 076 264865 268188 17839 15
Nord-Trøndelag 116760 117998 125835 127226 127261 127610 20777 6
Nordland 237530 240951 244493 239403 238295 236950 36434 7
Troms 127771 136805 146818 146816 151 777 152247 25015 6
Finnmark Finnmárku 72104 76311 78331 74590 74087 73514 45879 2
Urban Urban
settle- settle- Sparsely
ments ments popu-
Total with less with lated
than 2 000 in- areas
2 000 in- habitants
habitants and more
Total 4524066 3474623 474000 3000623 1022609 100 77 11 66 23
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.
østfold 252746 209107 31 704 177403 43394 100 83 13 70 17
Akershus 477325 419785 32421 387364 56874 100 88 7 81 12
Oslo 512589 508134 303 507831 1962 100 99 0 99 0
Hedmark 187965 99485 26823 72662 86063 100 53 14 39 46
Oppland 183235 98282 40572 57710 83520 100 54 23 31 46
Buskerud 239793 185030 21815 163215 53803 100 78 9 69 22
Vestfold 216456 180377 27731 152646 35919 100 83 13 70 17
Telemark 165710 122340 15854 106486 41971 100 74 10 64 25
Aust-Agder 102 945 69477 7415 62 062 32 397 100 67 7 60 31
Vest-Agder 157851 123141 16107 107034 33700 100 78 10 68 21
Rogaland 381 375 318824 19838 298986 61779 100 83 5 78 16
Hordaland 438253 339807 51914 287893 97101 100 78 12 66 22
SognogFjordane . . 107280 58343 25682 32661 47269 100 54 24 30 44
Møre og Romsdal . . 243 855 162 793 34880 127 913 78529 100 67 14 53 32
Sør-Trøndelag 266323 199521 23830 175691 64969 100 75 9 66 24
Nord-Trøndelag 127 457 70679 23804 46875 55721 100 56 19 37 44
Nordland 237503 157125 37992 119133 76370 100 66 16 50 32
horns 151 673 98643 20077 78566 51388 100 65 13 52 34
Finnmark Finnrnárku. 73732 53 730 15238 38492 19880 100 73 21 52 27
New method for delimitation of urban settlements that may influence the comparability with figures former to 1999 2lncluding a total of
26 834 persons where information on residence (densely/sparsely populated) is lacking. Persons where information on residence (densely/
sparsely populated) is lacking are not included
Source: Population statistics, population, Statistics Norway. More information: http://vw.ssb.no/beftett_ersI
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