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3.1 Resident population

Date, year	Resident population			Population in urban municipalities2	Percentage population in densely populated areas1	Females to 1 000 males			Population density per km2 land area4
	Total	Densely populated areas1	Sparcely populated areas			The whole country	Densely populated areas3	Sparcely populated areas
1664-665	440 000	30 000	410 000	30 000	6.8	..	..	..	1.4
17015	504 000	40 000	464 000	40 000	7.9	..	..	..	1.6
1 July 17355	616 109	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.0
15 August 17696	723 618	64 747	658 871	64 747	8.9	1 108	1 223	1 097	2.4
1 February 18017	883 603	88 404	795 199	77 642	8.8	1 089	1 153	1 083	2.9
30 April 18158	885 431	86 604	798 827	86 604	9.8	..	..	..	2.9
27 November 1825	1 051 318	114 198	937 120	114 198	10.9	1 057	1 100	1 052	3.4
29 November 1835	1 194 827	129 002	1 065 825	129 002	10.8	1 041	1 099	1 034	3.9
31 December 1845	1 328 471	206 338	1 122 133	161 875	15.6	1 037	1 154	1 031	4.3
31 December 1855	1 490 047	252 308	1 237 739	197 815	16.9	1 041	1 087	1 035	4.9
31 December 1865	1 701 756	333 485	1 368 271	266 292	19.6	1 036	1 087	1 026	5.5
31 December 1875	1 813 424	9 440 273	91 366 627	332 398	24.4	1 047	1 098	1 037	5.9
31 December 1890	2 000 917	625 417	1 375 500	474 129	31.3	1 073	1 159	1 046	6.5
3 December 1900	2 240 032	800 198	1 439 834	627 650	35.7	1 064	1 163	1 022	7.3
1 December 1910	2 391 782	921 382	1 470 400	689 228	38.5	1 076	1 192	1 024	7.8
1 December 1920	2 649 775	1 200 020	1 449 755	785 404	45.3	1 053	1 175	1 006	8.6
1 December 1930	2 814 194	1 330 217	1 483 977	800 514	47.3	1 051	1 202	997	9.2
3 December 1946	3 156 950	1 581 901	1 575 049	884 097	50.1	1 027	1 164	979	10.3
1 December 1950	3 278 546	1 711 628	1 566 918	1 054 820	52.2	1 017	1 146	961	10.7
1 November 1960	3 591 234	2 052 634	1 538 600	1 152 377	57.2	1 007	1 083	923	11.7
1 November 1970	3 874 133	2 554 913	1 319 220	1 641 315	65.9	1 011	1 041	923	12.6
1 November 1980	104 091 132	2 874 990	1 200 190	1 775 058	70.3	1 018	1 041	923	13.3
3 November 1990	104 247 546	3 056 194	1 166 347	1 890 552	72.4	1 023	1 053	952	13.8
3 November 2001	104 520 947	3 459 591	1 018 639	2 180 379	77.3	1 018	1 042	948	14.8

1	Agglomerations having at least 200 inhabitants and where the distance between the houses as a rule does not exceed 50 metres. Before 1845 cities ("kjøpsteder" and "ladesteder") are considered as densely populated areas, for 1845-1950 also agglomerations outside cities.
2	Before 1970: Cities ("kjøpsteder" and "ladesteder").
3	Before 1960: Cities.
4	Excluding Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
5	Estimated figures. As for 1735, see table 3-13.
6	The population figure is probably about 15 000 too low, see table 3-13.
7	Figures from new preparation of the census.
8	The population figure is probably about 20 000 too low, see table 3-13.
9	Present population.
10	Including population with no information on densely/sparcely populated areas. 1980: 15 952, 1990: 25 005, 2001:42 717 .
Source: Population censuses.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/folkemengde_en/

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