Statistics Norway

Registered private cars and vans

1 Stock of vehicles1 and population, by county. 2009
County of residence of the vehicle owner Stock of vehicles 31 December Population2 1 January the following year Number of cars per 1 000 population
1985 1 643 583 4 159 187  395
1986 1 737 131 4 175 521  416
1987 1 779 356 4 198 289  424
1988 1 783 557 4 220 686  423
1989 1 776 806 4 233 116  420
1990 1 776 724 4 249 830  418
1991 1 778 025 4 273 634  416
1992 1 783 827 4 299 167  415
1993 1 802 016 4 324 815  417
1994 1 829 171 4 348 410  421
1995 1 867 544 4 369 957  427
1996 1 846 775 4 392 714  420
1997 1 955 313 4 417 599  443
1998 1 994 361 4 445 329  449
1999 2 032 364 4 478 497  454
2000 2 084 159 4 503 436  463
2001 2 121 765 4 524 066  469
2002 2 156 869 4 552 252  474
2003 2 200 989 4 577 457  481
2004 2 260 975 4 606 363  491
2005 2 330 850 4 640 219  502
2006 2 414 158 4 681 134  516
2007 2 515 641 4 737 171  531
2008 2 575 450 4 799 252  537
2009 2 628 665 4 858 199  541
       
Østfold  147 189  271 662  542
Akershus  330 506  536 499  616
Oslo  266 902  586 860  455
Hedmark  117 897  190 709  618
Oppland  112 688  185 216  608
Buskerud  156 242  257 673  606
Vestfold  126 882  231 286  549
Telemark 94 188  168 231  560
Aust-Agder 60 384  108 499  557
Vest-Agder 86 066  170 377  505
Rogaland  222 792  427 947  521
Hordaland  254 091  477 175  532
Sogn og Fjordane 56 779  107 080  530
Møre og Romsdal  135 981  251 262  541
Sør-Trøndelag  148 887  290 547  512
Nord-Trøndelag 72 797  131 555  553
Nordland  121 034  236 271  512
Troms Romsa 79 494  156 494  508
Finnmark Finnmárku 36 380 72 856  499
Svalbard 1 486 .. ..
1  Including private cars (excl. ambulances) and vans with a total weight less than 3.5 tonnes.
2  People in Norwegian settlements on Svalbard are normally registered as residents of a Norwegian municipality.
Source: The Register of Vehicles at the Directorate of Public Roads.

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