Statistics Norway

Registered private cars and vans

1   Stock of vehicles1 and population, by county. 2006
County of residence of the vehicle owner Stock of vehicles 31 December Population2 1 January the following year Number of cars per 1 000 population
1985 1 643 583 4 159 187  395
1986 1 737 131 4 175 521  416
1987 1 779 356 4 198 289  424
1988 1 783 557 4 220 686  423
1989 1 776 806 4 233 116  420
1990 1 776 724 4 249 830  418
1991 1 778 025 4 273 634  416
1992 1 783 827 4 299 167  415
1993 1 802 016 4 324 815  417
1994 1 829 171 4 348 410  421
1995 1 867 544 4 369 957  427
1996 1 846 775 4 392 714  420
1997 1 955 313 4 417 599  443
1998 1 994 361 4 445 329  449
1999 2 032 364 4 478 497  454
2000 2 084 159 4 503 436  463
2001 2 121 765 4 524 066  469
2002 2 156 869 4 552 252  474
2003 2 200 989 4 577 457  481
2004 2 260 975 4 606 363  491
2005 2 330 850 4 640 219  502
2006 2 414 158 4 681 134  516
       
Østfold  135 792  262 523  517
Akershus  305 688  509 177  600
Oslo  250 401  548 617  456
Hedmark  109 565  188 692  581
Oppland  104 992  183 037  574
Buskerud  143 225  247 655  578
Vestfold  117 926  223 804  527
Telemark 87 608  166 170  527
Aust-Agder 54 658  104 759  522
Vest-Agder 77 940  163 702  476
Rogaland  199 231  404 566  492
Hordaland  229 244  456 711  502
Sogn og Fjordane 52 431  106 194  494
Møre og Romsdal  123 633  245 385  504
Sør-Trøndelag  135 241  278 836  485
Nord-Trøndelag 66 988  129 069  519
Nordland  110 744  235 436  470
Troms Romsa 74 158  154 136  481
Finnmark Finnmárku 33 481 72 665  461
Svalbard 1 212 . .
1  Including private cars (excl. ambulances) and vans with a total weight less than 3.5 tonnes.
2  People in Norwegian settlements on Svalbard are normally registered as residents of a Norwegian municipality.
Source: The Register of Vehicles at the Directorate of Public Roads.

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