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Population statistics. Population changes in municipalities. 1951-2012

1870 1870 Sortland. Population 1 January and population changes during the year. 1951-
Year Population 1 January Live births Deaths Excess of births In-migrations Out-migrations Net migration Population growth 1
1951 5 499  119 43 76  131  221 -90 -14
1952 5 485  128 45 83  151  139 12 95
1953 5 580  129 41 88  174  172 2 90
1954 5 670  108 53 55  160  220 -60 -5
1955 5 665  138 40 98  207  194 13  105
1956 5 770  131 65 66  214  234 -20 46
1957 5 816  113 42 71  228  266 -38 33
1958 5 849  118 44 74  242  251 -9 65
1959 5 914  109 51 58  180  251 -71 -13
1960 5 901 93 56 37  241  290 -49 29
1961 5 930 97 48 49  188  271 -83 -34
1962 5 896 91 55 36  203  289 -86 -50
19632 7 271  144 83 61  257  277 -20 41
1964 7 312  127 69 58  260  373 -113 -55
1965 7 257  120 73 47  251  352 -101 -54
1966 7 203  159 69 90  357  393 -36 41
1967 7 244  154 67 87  318  394 -76 11
1968 7 255  134 82 52  315  342 -27 13
1969 7 268  119 78 41  342  440 -98 -59
1970 7 209  139 68 71  391  557 -166 -109
1971 7 100  129 70 59  364  378 -14 40
1972 7 140  122 68 54  322  293 29 81
1973 7 221  105 68 37  403  393 10 48
1974 7 269  112 77 35  485  339  146  179
1975 7 448  105 76 29  415  409 6 33
1976 7 481  106 68 38  393  299 94  127
1977 7 608  103 54 49  392  354 38 86
1978 7 694 91 76 15  406  311 95  104
1979 7 798 90 78 12  389  323 66 84
1980 7 882  107 80 27  451  349  102  126
1981 8 008  104 67 37  361  372 -11 27
1982 8 035  112 85 27  341  290 51 75
1983 8 110 86 65 21  373  356 17 39
1984 8 149 99 87 12  330  336 -6 7
1985 8 156  101 81 20  414  347 67 87
1986 8 243 83 78 5  369  437 -68 -55
1987 8 188  113 86 27  417  420 -3 26
1988 8 214 97 80 17  413  417 -4 10
1989 8 224  130 89 41  386  362 24 77
1990 8 301  136 83 53  401  422 -21 34
1991 8 335  138 78 60  437  428 9 73
1992 8 408  123 62 61  446  382 64  126
1993 8 534  120 88 32  487  396 91  122
1994 8 656  141 72 69  459  394 65  128
1995 8 784  117 93 24  511  463 48 71
1996 8 855  137 93 44  459  487 -28 7
1997 8 862  129 98 31  476  459 17 48
1998 8 910  136 86 50  567  439  128  184
1999 9 094  117 86 31  470  471 -1  136
20003 9 230  149 86 63  537  467 70  133
2001 9 363  116  100 16  543  511 32 45
2002 9 408  112 71 41  467  440 27 68
2003 9 476 94 85 9  471  446 25 33
2004 9 509 99 84 15  435  422 13 27
2005 9 536  104 82 22  498  416 82  103
2006 9 639  104 91 13  490  439 51 64
2007 9 703  118 82 36  441  501 -60 -25
2008 9 678  115 98 17  477  438 39 54
2009 9 732  113 90 23  518  455 63 87
2010 9 819  107 91 16  473  454 19 37
2011 9 856  111 94 17  524  414  110  127
2012 9 983 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1  Population growth is the difference in population on 1 January between two subsequent years, provided unchanged borders. For 1955, 1960, 1966, 1968 and later years population growth does not equal excess of births plus net migration, see "About the statistics" on: http://www.ssb.no/folkendrhist/.
2  1 January 1963, a part of 1866 Hadsel (1360 persons), a part of 1869 Langenes (65 persons), and 1870 Sortland were merged to one municipality 1870 Sortland.
3  1 January 2000, 102 persons were transferred from 1911 Kvæfjord to 1870 Sortland.

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