Statistics Norway

3.2 Resident population, by county. 1 000
County 1.2.1801 31.12.1845 31.12.1875 03.12.1900 01.12.1930 01.11.1970 03.11.2001 Percentages of total population
1801 1845 1875 1900 1930 1970 2001
Total  883.6 1 328.5 1 813.4 2 240.0 2 814.2 3 874.1 4 520.9  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Østfold 50.1 73.6  107.6  136.9  167.0  220.9  252.5 5.7 5.5 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.6
Oslo og Akershus 66.2  109.4  191.7  343.9  490.0  800.2  988.5 7.5 8.2 10.6 15.3 17.4 20.7 21.9
Hedmark 61.1 88.1  119.9  125.6  157.4  178.9  187.9 6.9 6.6 6.6 5.6 5.6 4.6 4.2
Oppland 65.9  101.9  115.1  116.3  137.7  172.2  183.3 7.5 7.7 6.4 5.2 4.9 4.4 4.1
Buskerud 65.8 86.5  105.0  117.0  151.8  198.2  239.6 7.4 6.5 5.8 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.3
Vestfold 38.0 60.5 86.0  100.3  125.4  174.6  216.3 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.8
Telemark 47.5 72.9 83.6 99.1  127.8  156.4  165.7 5.4 5.5 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.0 3.7
Aust-Agder 34.6 52.4 74.2 79.9 73.8 80.6  102.8 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.6 2.6 2.1 2.3
Vest-Agder 41.5 63.4 78.5 81.6 81.2  124.0  157.7 4.7 4.8 4.2 3.6 2.9 3.2 3.5
Rogaland 41.2 78.2  113.7  127.6  173.3  268.2  380.9 4.7 5.9 6.3 5.7 6.2 6.9 8.4
Hordaland 78.9  117.0  155.7  208.0  262.7  372.2  437.8 8.9 8.8 8.6 9.3 9.3 9.6 9.7
Sogn og Fjordane 52.6 78.0 86.1 89.0 91.8  100.8  107.3 6.0 5.9 4.7 4.0 3.3 2.6 2.4
Møre og Romsdal 57.3 81.3  116.8  136.1  165.1  223.4  243.9 6.5 6.1 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.4
Sør-Trøndelag 61.0 89.2  116.7  136.0  175.5  233.4  266.1 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.9
Nord-Trøndelag 42.7 65.6 81.4 83.4 96.0  117.7  127.4 4.8 4.9 4.5 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.8
Nordland 52.2 66.4  103.4  152.1  186.9  240.5  237.6 5.9 5.0 5.7 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.3
Troms Romsa 19.2 31.4 53.9 74.4 97.5  136.2  151.6 2.2 2.4 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.4
Finnmark Finnmárku 7.7 12.7 24.2 32.8 53.3 75.8 73.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.0 1.6
Source: Population censuses (http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/01/folketellinger/).
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/folkemengde_en/ 

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