This statistic shows the ten biggest cities in Norway in 2024. In 2024, approximately 0.72 million people lived in Oslo, making it the biggest city in Norway.

Population in largest city in Norway was reported at 1085992 in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Norway - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the Norway household income by age. The dataset can be utilized to understand the age-based income distribution of Norway income.

Content

The dataset will have the following datasets when applicable

Please note: The 2020 1-Year ACS estimates data was not reported by the Census Bureau due to the impact on survey collection and analysis caused by COVID-19. Consequently, median household income data for 2020 is unavailable for large cities (population 65,000 and above).

• Norway, MI annual median income by age groups dataset (in 2022 inflation-adjusted dollars)
• Age-wise distribution of Norway, MI household incomes: Comparative analysis across 16 income brackets

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The price change of rental housing in major Norwegian cities fluctuated during the period from 2013 to 2021. As of the first quarter of 2021, the price had decreased by 0.4 percent since the fourth quarter of 2020. In contrast, in the first quarter of 2020, the rentals increased by 1.3 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

This study combines a decade of daily weather, traffic, and air quality data from Norway's six largest cities. The data is sourced from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, the Norwegian Institute of Air Research, and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Careful selection and verification of monitoring stations were conducted to ensure accuracy and consistency. Initially focusing on the top ten populous cities, monitoring sites for traffic and air pollution were scrutinized. Weather variables were then aligned with selected sites, resulting in a dataset spanning 2009 to 2018. It includes key pollutants like NO, NO2, NOx, PM2.5, and PM10. This dataset has significant potential for further analysis and informing policy decisions, making it valuable for researchers and policymakers studying the connections between weather, traffic, and air quality in urban areas.

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We cover all regions and cities in Noway. Example :

Example of cities :

Oslo Oslo
Bergen Bergen
Trondheim Trondheim Stavanger Stavanger Drammen Drammen Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Kristiansand Kristiansand
Sandnes Sandnes Tromso Tromsø
Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Skien Skien

Regions : Northern Norway, Trøndelag, Western Norway, Southern Norway and Eastern Norway.

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In 2022, Oslo had more than 150 accommodation establishments, hotels and similar. This was the highest figure registered among the main Norwegian cities. Bergen was the second-largest hub for the hotel industry of this Scandinavian country, with 81 of such establishments.

There were about 3,054 residential properties for rent on FINN in the largest cities in Norway in the first quarter of 2024. Oslo had the highest number of properties (1,713), while Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, and Sandnes all had less than 600 properties for rent each.

The share of urban population in Norway saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 84 percent. Nevertheless, 2023 still represents a peak in the share in Norway. A population may be defined as urban depending on the size (population or area) or population density of the village, town, or city. The urbanization rate then refers to the share of the total population who live in an urban setting. International comparisons may be inconsistent due to differing parameters for what constitutes an urban center.Find more key insights for the share of urban population in countries like Denmark and Sweden.

In 2023, the region Viken was the most populated in Norway. The region, which contains large areas surrounding the capital Oslo, had a population of nearly 1.3 million people in 2023. Oslo had the second highest number of inhabitants with around 709,000, followed by Vestland. Meanwhile, the northern region of Nordland has the lowest number of inhabitants, counting 241,000 people. At the beginning of 2023, a total of 5.5 million people lived in Norway.

New residential housing price in Oslo were on average 171 percent of the national average price in Norway in 2018 and represented the largest difference in average transaction price of new residential properties in the country that year. The corresponding figure for Bergen was 112 percent during the evaluated period.

Over the past 10 years, the number of people with an immigrant background living in Norway increased. Whereas nearly 1.1 million people with an immigrant background lived in Norway in 2014, this number had increased to nearly 1.5 million as of 2024. Of these, first generation immigrants was, by far, the largest group, counting 930,000 people. The second largest group was people born in Norway with one parent born abroad, followed by inhabitants born in Norway with two parents born abroad. Immigration to the Nordics Norway is not the only Nordic country with increasing immigration. Immigration has increased in each Nordic country from 2000 and onwards, with Sweden leading immigration until being taken over by Denmark in 2022. Sweden has taken in a comparatively high number of refugees, but most immigrants to the Nordics are from other European countries, such as in Finland. Population challenges in the Nordics Over time, the fertility rate has declined in each Nordic country, and as of 2022, Iceland had the highest fertility rate in the region with only 1.6 children born per woman. Moreover, those aged 70 and older are increasingly making up larger portions of Nordic societies. These factors combined can create challenges as there are less workers available, making immigration an important factor in the Nordic labor markets.

In January 2025, most of the stores of the Norwegian coffee bar chain Kaffebrenneriet were located in Oslo. In the capital, there were 37 stores. The chain operates countrywide in Norway and has outlets in Trondheim and Fredrikstad, among other cities. Kaffebrenneriet's main business consists of the sale of coffee and other coffee-based drinks, but the chain also offers coffee beans, sweets, and snacks to be purchased in the store.

Detached houses were the most common dwelling type in Norway. In 2023, there were roughly 1.3 million detached houses in the country, while the number of multi-dwellings was approximately 686,000. Multi-dwelling homes is the property type that has experienced the fastest price growth since 2015. How many new buildings were started? As of 2019, nearly 32 thousand new residential buildings had been started in Norway. This was a decrease, when compared to the year before, but still an increase from 2008, when the corresponding figures were approximately 26 thousand new buildings started. The number peaked in 2016, when over 26 thousand new dwelling buildings had been started.  How much does it cost to buy a dwelling in Norwegian cities?  A report from 2022 investigated dwelling prices in some major Norwegian cities. The average price per square meter turned out to be the highest in the capital, Oslo, amounting to over 90,000 Norwegian kroner. The Northern city of Tromsø was second in the ranking, followed by Bergen and Trondheim.

The internationally operating American coffeehouse chain Starbucks expanded in 2024 to a number of roughly 40 thousand stores around the world. As of January 2025, there were 19 Starbucks stores in Norway, most of which were in the capital Oslo. Competitor: Kaffebrenneriet    In comparison, the number of Kaffebrenneriet stores in Norway was significantly higher. As of November 2019, there were 42 stores located countrywide. Kaffebrenneriet AS is a Norwegian coffee bar chain with the sale of coffee and other coffee-based drinks as its main business. In addition, it is possible to buy coffee beans, sweets and snacks in the stores.    Coffee consumption in Norway     According to the result of a survey, the coffee consumption in Norway was very high in 2017. As of this year, nearly 70 percent of respondents stated that they drink coffee or coffee drinks every day. In recent years, the annual consumption volume of the Norwegian population remained stable between 700 thousand 60-kilogram bags and 800 thousand 60-kilogram bags.  

With 450,295 square kilometers, Sweden is the largest Nordic country by area size, followed by Finland and Norway. This makes it the fifth largest country in Europe. Meanwhile, Denmark is the smallest of the five Nordic countries with only 43,094 square kilometers, however, the Danish autonomous region of Greenland is significantly larger than any of the Nordic countries, and is almost double the size of the other five combined.

Population

Sweden is also the Nordic country with the largest population. 10.45 million people live in the country. Denmark, Finland, and Norway all have between five and six million inhabitants, whereas only 370,000 people live in Iceland. Meanwhile, Denmark has the highest population density of the five countries. Greenland is the most sparsely populated permanently-inhabited country in the world, followed by the regions of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Geography

The five Nordic countries vary geographically. While Denmark is mostly flat, its highest point only stretching around 170 meters above sea level, Norway's highest peak is nearly 2,500 meters high. Moreover, Finland is known for its many lakes and is often called the land of a thousand lakes, whereas Iceland is famous for its volcanoes.

The number of people between zero and 24 years increased in Norway from 2012 to 2017, but has since decreased, falling to 1.58 million in 2023. Meanwhile, both the number of people between 45 and 69, and 70 to 79 years of age increased steadily over the last decade. In 2012, there were 1.51 million people between 45 and 69 years living in Norway, a number that had increased to 1.7 million by 2023.

It can be seen that the city with the largest transaction price for residential housing in Norway in 2018 was the capital Oslo, with an average transaction price of over 6.9 thousand euros per square meter at that time. Trondheim ranked second during the same period, with an average transaction price of over 4.6 thousand euros per square meter in 2018.

The Swedish capital Stockholm has the largest population of the five Nordic capitals with 2.46 million inhabitants. This is unsurprising as Sweden also is the Nordic country with the largest population. The capital area of Copenhagen is slightly larger than that of Helsinki, whereas Iceland's capital Reykjavik had the smallest population with 244,000 inhabitants. Oslo's rapid population decline in 2024 is explained by only the numbers for Oslo municipality being reported.