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Norway: cities by population

Norway has a population of 5,314,336, with Oslo as its capital. The 50 largest of its 510 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Oslo	Oslo	1,082,575
2	Bergen	Vestland	294,029
3	Trondheim	Trøndelag	216,518
4	Stavanger	Rogaland	151,669
5	Kristiansand	Agder	117,237
6	Drammen	Buskerud	106,013
7	Lillestrøm	Akershus	89,684
8	Sandnes	Rogaland	85,386
9	Fredrikstad	Østfold	83,761
10	Sandefjord	Vestfold	64,345
11	Asker	Akershus	61,906
12	Sarpsborg	Østfold	59,038
13	Tønsberg	Vestfold	55,387
14	Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	52,626
15	Skien	Telemark	50,595
16	Moss	Østfold	49,668
17	Tromsø	Troms	41,915
18	Haugesund	Rogaland	40,321
19	Nesttun	Vestland	35,638
20	Porsgrunn	Telemark	34,377
21	Bodø	Nordland	34,073
22	Arendal	Agder	30,916
23	Sola	Rogaland	29,541
24	Hamar	Innlandet	29,479
25	Lillehammer	Innlandet	29,011
26	Horten	Vestfold	27,178
27	Grimstad	Agder	24,017
28	Kristiansund	Møre og Romsdal	24,013
29	Larvik	Vestfold	23,113
30	Molde	Møre og Romsdal	22,410
31	Halden	Østfold	21,970
32	Harstad	Troms	20,953
33	Levanger	Trøndelag	20,171
34	Time	Rogaland	19,781
35	Mo i Rana	Nordland	18,866
36	Tromsdalen	Troms	18,291
37	Kongsberg	Buskerud	17,667
38	Gjøvik	Innlandet	17,596
39	Stjørdalshalsen	Trøndelag	15,693
40	Alta	Finnmark	15,094
41	Narvik	Nordland	14,141
42	Leirvik	Vestland	14,126
43	Hønefoss	Buskerud	13,678
44	Strand	Rogaland	13,474
45	Steinkjer	Trøndelag	13,060
46	Stjørdal	Trøndelag	13,032
47	Vennesla	Agder	12,816
48	Ski	Akershus	12,513
49	Elverum	Innlandet	12,490
50	Askim	Østfold	12,482

Twenty years earlier: Norway in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 4,606,363.