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Largest cities in Norway

Oslo, Norway has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 728,714 people (SSB table 07459 — Population by region, 1 January 2026, 2026-01-01).

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Norway cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-03

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placeSource and scope
1Oslo, Norway728,714 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
2Bergen, Norway294,860 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
3Trondheim, Norway218,460 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
4Stavanger, Norway151,669 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
5Bærum, Norway133,228 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
6Kristiansand, Norway119,287 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
7Drammen, Norway106,013 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
8Asker, Norway101,509 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
9Lillestrøm, Norway96,771 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
10Fredrikstad, Norway86,243 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
11Sandnes, Norway85,785 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
12Sandefjord, Norway67,062 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
13Nordre Follo, Norway65,381 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
14Sarpsborg, Norway60,614 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
15Tønsberg, Norway60,246 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
16Ålesund, Norway59,663 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
17Skien, Norway56,906 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
18Bodø, Norway53,638 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
19Moss, Norway53,207 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
20Lørenskog, Norway51,511 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
21Larvik, Norway49,022 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
22Indre Østfold, Norway47,943 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
23Arendal, Norway46,603 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
24Ullensaker, Norway45,982 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
25Karmøy, Norway43,990 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
26Øygarden, Norway40,641 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
27Haugesund, Norway38,663 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
28Porsgrunn, Norway37,435 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
29Ringsaker, Norway36,199 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
30Hamar, Norway33,817 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01

What the numbers say

  • Oslo, Norway leads at 728,714 people.
  • Hamar, Norway sits at the other end with 33,817 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 60,246 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 694,897 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Norway show?

Oslo, Norway has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 728,714 people (SSB table 07459 — Population by region, 1 January 2026, 2026-01-01).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation measured in people, ranked highest first. The values were observed in 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: city, municipality
Observation period
2026-01-01
Last checked
2026-09-03
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Largest cities in Norway [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 29462ac3904df0d720f2f9bc1c18b1e6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/norway-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-norway_c14f40e6d81e,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Norway},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {29462ac3904df0d720f2f9bc1c18b1e6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/norway-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. SSB table 07459 — Population by region, 1 January 2026data.ssb.no · Checked 2026-09-03
  2. SSB table 11342: municipality population/area by region and year.Statistics Norway (SSB) · Checked 2026-09-03