Norway
Urban population in Norway
Urban population in Norway: 47.9% in 1950 and 83.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 83.6%
- Since 1950
- +35.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 53 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 91.4%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 91.4% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Norway |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.6 |
| 2024 | 83.3 |
| 2023 | 83.1 |
| 2022 | 83 |
| 2021 | 82.9 |
| 2020 | 82.7 |
| 2019 | 82.5 |
| 2018 | 82.3 |
| 2017 | 82 |
| 2016 | 81.7 |
| 2015 | 81.2 |
| 2014 | 80.6 |
| 2013 | 80 |
| 2012 | 79.5 |
| 2011 | 79.3 |
| 2010 | 79.3 |
| 2009 | 79.1 |
| 2008 | 78.8 |
| 2007 | 78.4 |
| 2006 | 78.1 |
| 2005 | 77.8 |
| 2004 | 77.6 |
| 2003 | 77.3 |
| 2002 | 76.8 |
| 2001 | 76.4 |
| 2000 | 76.1 |
| 1999 | 75.8 |
| 1998 | 75.3 |
| 1997 | 74.7 |
| 1996 | 74.2 |
| 1995 | 73.9 |
| 1994 | 73.7 |
| 1993 | 73.2 |
| 1992 | 72.7 |
| 1991 | 72.2 |
| 1990 | 71.9 |
| 1989 | 71.7 |
| 1988 | 71.6 |
| 1987 | 71.5 |
| 1986 | 71.4 |
| 1985 | 71.3 |
| 1984 | 71.2 |
| 1983 | 71.1 |
| 1982 | 71 |
| 1981 | 70.8 |
| 1980 | 70.7 |
| 1979 | 70.4 |
| 1978 | 70.1 |
| 1977 | 69.7 |
| 1976 | 69.3 |
| 1975 | 68.9 |
| 1974 | 68.3 |
| 1973 | 67.8 |
| 1972 | 67.1 |
| 1971 | 66.4 |
| 1970 | 65.6 |
| 1969 | 64.4 |
| 1968 | 62.6 |
| 1967 | 60.5 |
| 1966 | 58.2 |
| 1965 | 55.9 |
| 1964 | 53.6 |
| 1963 | 51.6 |
| 1962 | 50.1 |
| 1961 | 49 |
| 1960 | 48.7 |
| 1959 | 48.6 |
| 1958 | 48.5 |
| 1957 | 48.4 |
| 1956 | 48.3 |
| 1955 | 48.2 |
| 1954 | 48.1 |
| 1953 | 48.1 |
| 1952 | 48 |
| 1951 | 47.9 |
| 1950 | 47.9 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Norway |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 83.8 |
| 2027 | 84.1 |
| 2028 | 84.3 |
| 2029 | 84.6 |
| 2030 | 84.9 |
| 2031 | 85.1 |
| 2032 | 85.4 |
| 2033 | 85.7 |
| 2034 | 86 |
| 2035 | 86.3 |
| 2036 | 86.6 |
| 2037 | 86.9 |
| 2038 | 87.2 |
| 2039 | 87.5 |
| 2040 | 87.8 |
| 2041 | 88.2 |
| 2042 | 88.5 |
| 2043 | 88.8 |
| 2044 | 89.2 |
| 2045 | 89.5 |
| 2046 | 89.9 |
| 2047 | 90.3 |
| 2048 | 90.6 |
| 2049 | 91 |
| 2050 | 91.4 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$16.1B in 2025
- Military spending per person$3,040 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel25,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports407 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports415 million TIV in 2025