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Population and land area in urban settlements
The statistics show population, area and population density in urban settlements. It also provides the number of inhabitants residing in densely and sparsely populated areas by municipality and county.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Population and area in urban settlements. 1 January.Download table as ...Population and area in urban settlements. 1 January.
2024 2023 -2024 Population Change Change in per cent Residents in urban settlements 4 619 969 65 407 1.4 Residents in rural settlements 924 262 -4 304 -0.5 Area of urban settlements (km²) 2 279.94 12.95 0.57 Nummer of residents per km² in urban settlements 2 026 17 0.9 Proportion residents in urban settlements, per cent 83.24 0.26 0.3 Residents in the five largest urban settlements Oslo 1 098 061 15 486 1.4 Bergen 272 125 2 577 1.0 Stavanger/Sandnes 239 055 4 298 1.8 Trondheim 198 777 1 829 0.9 Drammen 124 540 1 585 1.3 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Population and area in urban settlements with more than 50 000 residents, by municipalityDownload table as ...Population and area in urban settlements with more than 50 000 residents, by municipality
Number of residents Area of urban settlements (km²) Quantity Share (%) Quantity Share (%) Oslo in total 1 098 061 276.30 Oslo municipality 714 322 65.1 129.77 47.0 Bærum municipality 129 572 11.8 48.03 17.4 Asker municipality 72 368 6.6 37.45 13.6 Lillestrøm municipality 63 353 5.8 21.96 7.9 Lørenskog municipality 47 834 4.4 12.82 4.6 Nordre Follo municipality 41 725 3.8 14.99 5.4 Rælingen municipality 15 149 1.4 4.65 1.7 Nittedal municipality 11 140 1.0 4.91 1.8 Lier municipality 2 598 0.2 1.72 0.6 Bergen Bergen municipality 272 125 91.34 Stavanger/Sandnes in total 239 055 80.03 Stavanger municipality 138 324 57.9 41.59 52.0 Sandnes municipality 66 963 28.0 23.04 28.8 Sola municipality 23 492 9.8 11.88 14.8 Randaberg municipality 10 276 4.3 3.52 4.4 Trondheim Tromdheim municipality 198 777 59.35 Drammen in total 124 540 52.96 Drammen municipality 95 770 76.9 35.38 66.8 Lier municipality 14 009 11.2 8.74 16.5 Øvre Eiker municipality 9 975 8.0 6.50 12.3 Asker municipality 4 228 3.4 2.07 3.9 Holmestrand municipality 558 0.4 0.28 0.5 Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg in total 121 679 60.57 Fredrikstad municipality 71 296 58.6 35.80 59.1 Sarpsborg municipality 50 383 41.4 24.78 40.9 Porsgrunn/Skien in total 96 695 54.20 Skien municipality 51 273 53.0 26.73 49.3 Porsgrunn municipality 34 903 36.1 21.11 38.9 Bamle municipality 10 519 10.9 6.36 11.7 Kristiansand Kristiansand municipality 67 372 24.49 Tønsberg in total 55 939 26.54 Tønsberg municipality 37 622 67.3 16.09 60.6 Færder municipality 18 317 32.7 10.45 39.4 Ålesund in total 55 684 28.93 Ålesund municipality 46 554 83.6 21.75 75.2 Sula municipality 9 130 16.4 7.19 24.9 Moss in total 50 214 22.42 Moss municipality 43 528 86.7 18.38 82.0 Vestby municipality 6 686 13.3 4.04 18.0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Population in densely and sparsely populated areas. CountyDownload table as ...Population in densely and sparsely populated areas. County
Densely populated area Sparsley populated area Unknown Total Share in densely populated areas Østfold 271 469 40 273 410 312 152 87.0 Akershus 662 399 65 686 718 728 803 90.9 Oslo 714 630 1 631 1 449 717 710 99.6 Innlandet 227 801 148 292 211 376 304 60.5 Buskerud 223 374 46 161 284 269 819 82.8 Vestfold 221 812 34 425 195 256 432 86.5 Telemark 139 124 37 834 135 177 093 78.6 Agder 256 635 62 982 233 319 850 80.2 Rogaland 444 122 54 705 590 499 417 88.9 Vestland 529 886 120 834 579 651 299 81.4 Møre og Romsdal 201 242 69 145 237 270 624 74.4 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 367 367 115 140 449 482 956 76.1 Nordland - Nordlánnda 176 772 66 075 234 243 081 72.7 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 124 394 45 050 166 169 610 73.3 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 58 942 16 029 82 75 053 78.5 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - New and discontinued urban settlements. 2024Download table as ...New and discontinued urban settlements. 2024
Urban settlement Population Area (sq. Km) Municipality Comment 0024 Ørmen 205 0.04 3107 Fredrikstad New urban settlement 1531 Lesja 230 0.41 3432 Lesja Back on the list. Last listed in 2019 1634 Starum 358 0.69 3442 Østre Toten New urban settlement 2016 Hillestad 400 0.79 3303 Kongsberg Back on the list. Last listed in 2015 2126 Stevning 350 0.25 3314 Øvre Eiker New urban settlement 3613 Bygland 245 0.45 4220 Bygland Back on the list. Last listed in 2019 5010 Bjorøyna 585 0.43 4626 Øygarden New urban settlement 5031 Førde 332 0.33 4612 Sveio Back on the list. Last listed in 2022 5142 Øystese 2 234 1.89 4622 Kvam Back on the list. Last listed in 2018. Separated from Norheimsund 5687 Flatraket 305 0.31 4649 Stad New urban settlement 5734 Bergsida 249 0.19 4651 Stryn Back on the list. Last listed in 2022 6371 Liabø 206 0.33 5055 Heim Back on the list. Last listed in 2022 7056 Mule 240 0.22 5037 Levanger - Levangke Back on the list. Last listed in 2018 7111 Sandvika 220 0.39 5042 Lierne Back on the list. Last listed in 2022 7682 Røkland 602 0.63 1840 Saltdal Back on the list. Last listed in 2012 7743 Ramsund 305 0.60 5512 Dielddanuorri - Tjeldsund Back on the list. Last listed in 2022 7823 Sandnes 373 0.42 1866 Hadsel Back on the list. Last listed in 2012 0524 Kjærnes 304 0.27 3021 Ås Discontinued urban settlement. Merged with Ski 3006 Jønnevall 201 0.14 3807 Skien Discontinued urban settlement 5185 Glesnes 329 0.44 4626 Øygarden Discontinued urban settlement 5282 Uggdalseidet 296 0.40 4616 Tysnes Discontinued urban settlement 5723 Re 389 0.43 4650 Gloppen Discontinued urban settlement 6009 Hesthagen 246 0.10 1506 Molde Discontinued urban settlement. Merged with Molde 6114 Geiranger 215 0.34 1525 Stranda Discontinued urban settlement 7035 Hell 1 921 1.26 5035 Stjørdal Discontinued urban settlement. Merged with Stjørdalshalsen 7141 Bergsmo 213 0.42 5045 Grong Discontinued urban settlement 7211 Mosvik 298 0.48 5053 Inderøy Discontinued urban settlement Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 3 June 2021.
Urban settlement
A cluster of buildings shall be registered as an urban settlement if it is inhabited by at least 200 persons.
The distance between the buildings should normally not exceed 50 metres, but for some space-demanding building categories - such as apartment buildings, industrial buildings, offices / commercial buildings, schools, hospitals etc. - the distance can be increased to 200 metres.
Adjacent built-up and constructed areas, such as parks, sports facilities and industrial areas, should be part of the urban settlement.
Building clusters with at least 5 commercial buildings or 5 residential buildings are included up to a distance of 400 metres from the urban settlement core.
Urban settlements are geographical areas with dynamic boundaries. Thus the number of urban settlements and their boundaries will change over time, depending on construction activity and changes of resident population.
The delimitation of the urban settlements is independent of the administrative boundaries.
Classification of urban settlement
A standard classification of the urban settlements is:
200 - 1 999 residents
2 000 - 19 999 residents
20 000 - 99 999 residents
100 000 or more residents
In the publication Population and land area in urban settlements and from 1rst of January on the situation files, the following classification is used:
200-499 residents
500-999 residents
1 000-1 999 residents
2 000-19 999 residents
20 000-99 999 residents
100 000 or more residents
Rules for change of number and names of urban settlements
Where 2 or mor urban setttlements are merged, the new merged urban settlement is always given the number of the largest urban settlement. Where urban settlements of less than 10 000 residents are merged, only the name of the largest settlement is kept.
If a merged urban settlement overpass 10 000 residents, the name of the largest urban settlement is kept if the number of residents is more than twice the number of residents in the smallest urban settlement. Otherwise the names will be shared for the new urban settlement.
These rules apply from 1rst of January 2013 and onwards.