Norway's largest city has officially become a metropolis with over 1 million inhabitants. This is the effect of, among others high urbanization of this country - currently approx. 82% of people live in cities. The difference in the population of the Norwegian capital is significantly greater than that of Bergen, the second largest city in this respect.
Norway's largest city
In contrast to the southern neighbors - the Swedes - Norway's largest city it could not boast the status of a "millionth" city. However, thanks to the growing numbers population, and above all, a large influx of inhabitants to Oslo, since 2017 the capital is inhabited by exactly 1 000 467 people. This is a significant increase in recent years.
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In 2005, the second approx. 500 thousand.
Back in 2005 in Oslo there were just over 500 thousand. people, to be exact - 529 407. Within thirteen years the city's population has almost doubled. Thanks to an increase in the population by 11 people in 600 the capital of Norway exceeded the magic number of a million. It is worth noting that the SSB as city of Oslo defines all of the following areas: Oslo, Bærum, Asker, Skedsmo, Lørenskog, Oppegård, Rælingen, Ski, Nittedal, Røyken, Sørum and Lier.
High urbanization in Norway
The latest SSB statistics also show that over 82% of the population in Norway, he lives in cities. In absolute numbers, this increase looks like impressively: in 2002, around 475 Norwegians lived in the cities, and in 000, already 4 328 000. The inhabiting population also decreased suburbs - from 1 in 023 to 000 in 2002.
"This is not urbanization"
However, as Even Høydahl from the Swedish statistical office emphasizes, growing population living in cities is not synonymous with the phenomenon urbanization. It is enough to mention that 75 thousand. inhabitants live in cities with no more, than 400 inhabitants. In turn, about 303 thousand. people live in cities with a population of no more than 1 inhabitants.
The largest city in Norway compared to other cities
Now Norway's largest city is significantly more populated than other Norwegian towns. IN Oslo currently has a population of 1, and in the second one in this respect Bergen only 255 nowadays. The third most populous city in Norway is Stavanger / Sandness - 222 inhabitants, and the fourth Trondheim with the number of 183 378 inhabitants.
