Rural population in Norway in 2025 — 921,833 people. Ranked 132 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 49.8%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Norway
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 921,833 | −7,101 | −0.76% |
| 2024 | 928,934 | −5,432 | −0.58% |
| 2023 | 934,366 | +4,273 | +0.46% |
| 2022 | 930,093 | +3,177 | +0.34% |
| 2021 | 926,916 | −3,572 | −0.38% |
| 2020 | 930,488 | −5,737 | −0.61% |
| 2019 | 936,225 | −6,894 | −0.73% |
| 2018 | 943,119 | −8,320 | −0.87% |
| 2017 | 951,439 | −7,525 | −0.78% |
| 2016 | 958,964 | −14,532 | −1.49% |
| 2015 | 973,496 | −22,525 | −2.26% |
| 2014 | 996,021 | −21,306 | −2.09% |
| 2013 | 1.02M | −11,953 | −1.16% |
| 2012 | 1.03M | +4,566 | +0.45% |
| 2011 | 1.02M | +9,950 | +0.98% |
| 2010 | 1.01M | +3,488 | +0.34% |
| 2009 | 1.01M | −1,774 | −0.18% |
| 2008 | 1.01M | −3,786 | −0.37% |
| 2007 | 1.02M | −4,424 | −0.43% |
| 2006 | 1.02M | −3,908 | −0.38% |
| 2005 | 1.03M | −4,868 | −0.47% |
| 2004 | 1.03M | −8,012 | −0.77% |
| 2003 | 1.04M | −15,007 | −1.43% |
| 2002 | 1.05M | −12,377 | −1.16% |
| 2001 | 1.07M | −6,387 | −0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.07M | −6,179 | −0.57% |
| 1999 | 1.08M | −15,216 | −1.39% |
| 1998 | 1.09M | −21,183 | −1.9% |
| 1997 | 1.11M | −15,988 | −1.41% |
| 1996 | 1.13M | −6,501 | −0.57% |
| 1995 | 1.14M | −5,811 | −0.51% |
| 1994 | 1.14M | −12,781 | −1.11% |
| 1993 | 1.16M | −16,872 | −1.44% |
| 1992 | 1.17M | −14,174 | −1.19% |
| 1991 | 1.19M | −6,311 | −0.53% |
| 1990 | 1.19M | −3,110 | −0.26% |
| 1989 | 1.2M | −859 | −0.07% |
| 1988 | 1.2M | +1,833 | +0.15% |
| 1987 | 1.19M | +1,767 | +0.15% |
| 1986 | 1.19M | +793 | +0.07% |
| 1985 | 1.19M | +57 | +0% |
| 1984 | 1.19M | −606 | −0.05% |
| 1983 | 1.19M | −879 | −0.07% |
| 1982 | 1.19M | −1,695 | −0.14% |
| 1981 | 1.2M | −3,695 | −0.31% |
| 1980 | 1.2M | −6,065 | −0.5% |
| 1979 | 1.21M | −8,189 | −0.67% |
| 1978 | 1.21M | −9,920 | −0.81% |
| 1977 | 1.22M | −11,587 | −0.94% |
| 1976 | 1.23M | −13,112 | −1.05% |
| 1975 | 1.25M | −14,095 | −1.12% |
| 1974 | 1.26M | −15,162 | −1.19% |
| 1973 | 1.28M | −15,991 | −1.24% |
| 1972 | 1.29M | −16,893 | −1.29% |
| 1971 | 1.31M | −22,041 | −1.65% |
| 1970 | 1.33M | −37,996 | −2.77% |
| 1969 | 1.37M | −56,293 | −3.95% |
| 1968 | 1.43M | −67,965 | −4.55% |
| 1967 | 1.49M | −74,079 | −4.72% |
| 1966 | 1.57M | −74,982 | −4.56% |
| 1965 | 1.64M | −70,079 | −4.09% |
| 1964 | 1.71M | −59,813 | −3.37% |
| 1963 | 1.77M | −43,912 | −2.42% |
| 1962 | 1.82M | −22,051 | −1.2% |
| 1961 | 1.84M | +2,354 | +0.13% |
| 1960 | 1.84M | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
The part of residents living outside cities — the other side of urbanization.
Demography Urban populationThe absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Labor Employment in agricultureThe share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
