Statistics Norway

Population statistics. Svalbard

1 Population in the settlements. Svalbard
  Total Norwegian settlements2 Russian settlements3 Polish settlement4
  Resident on the mainland From abroad, not resident on the mainland
1.1.1990 3 544 1 125 .. 2 407 12
1.1.1991 3 405 1 135 .. 2 260 10
1.1.1992 3 309 1 148 .. 2 151 10
1.1.1993 3 017 1 050 .. 1 958 9
1.1.1994 2 977 1 097 .. 1 870 10
1.1.1995 2 906 1 218 .. 1 679 9
1.1.1996 2 844 1 230 .. 1 604 10
1.1.1997 2 827 1 335 .. 1 482 10
1.1.1998 2 596 1 438 .. 1 149 9
1.1.1999 2 423 1 476 ..  939 8
1.1.2000 2 376 1 475 ..  893 8
1.1.2001 2 616 1 704 ..  903 9
1.1.2002 2 529 1 570 ..  950 9
1.1.2003 2 489 1 562 ..  918 9
1.1.2004 2 375 1 581 ..  786 8
1.1.2005 2 400 1 645 ..  747 8
1.1.2006 2 266 1 721 ..  535 10
1.1.2007 2 338 1 781 ..  550 7
1.1.2008 2 449 1 821 ..  620 8
1.1.20091 2 565 1 792  293  470 10
1 July 2009 2 573 1 818  322 5 423 10
1  From 1 January 2009 the figures are from the Population Register of Svalbard.
2  Consists of persons in the two settlements Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund.
3  Consists of the settlement in Barentsburg. Soviet settlement until 1993.
4  Consists of the settlement at Hornsund, a permanent research station led by the Polish Academy of Sciences.
5  8.9.2009.

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