Population, 1 January 2011

During the last 100 years the number of residents has doubled, with an increase from 2.39 million in 1911 to the present 4.92 million in 2011. Children under 13 years of age constituted 30 per cent of the population 100 years ago, whilst constituting only 16 per cent of the population at the turn of the year. Correspondingly, 100 years ago persons aged 67 years made up only 6 per cent of the population, while they now constitute 13 per cent.

Persons aged 80 years and over reached 4.5 per cent of the total population at the turn of the year, while the proportion of the oldest ones, 90 years and over, was 0.8 per cent of the population.

High population increase during the last five years

The population increase in Norway has been particularly high in recent years. The last five years’ population increased by 280 000, more than twice the increase of the five years 2001-2005, although the years 2001-2005 also saw a high population increase. The high population increase is due to an increasingly higher migration surplus.

Tables:

• Table 1 Population, by age and county. Absolute figures. 1 January 2011
• Table 2 Population, by age and county. 1 January 2011. Per cent
• Table 3 østfold
• Table 4 Akershus
• Table 5 Oslo
• Table 6 Hedmark
• Table 7 Oppland
• Table 8 Buskerud
• Table 9 Vestfold
• Table 10 Telemark
• Table 11 Aust-Agder
• Table 12 Vest-Agder
• Table 13 Rogaland
• Table 14 Hordaland
• Table 15 Sogn og Fjordane
• Table 16 Møre og Romsdal
• Table 17 Sør-Trøndelag
• Table 18 Nord-Trøndelag
• Table 19 Nordland
• Table 20 Troms Romsa
• Table 21 Finnmark Finnmárku