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Norway Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 4,461   Population 2000 (UN '000) 4,469
Area (km2) 318,524   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 27
Number of Administrative Units 434   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 10
Number of Urban Extents 74   Number of Settlement Points 305

Norway Details

Names
ISO3-Code NOR
Continent Europe
Country Name Norway
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Fylke
Level2 Type Kommune
Number of Units 434
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 10
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 4,236
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 4,344
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 4,461
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 4,241
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 4,359
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 4,469
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 318,524
Average Input Resolution (km) 27
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 305
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 766,518
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,011
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 10,271
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 74
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 5,268
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 2
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 265
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 19,611
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,431,492
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,132
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 40,650
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,008,104
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 6%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 67%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 75%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 184
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2001 Kommune Housing and Population data downloaded from Statistics Norway, http://www.ssb.no/fobhushold_en/tab-2002-09-02-03-en.html . 1993 Kommune population figures downloaded from UNEP GEO data portal.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003).
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; StatsNorway, www.ssb.no;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Columbia Gazetteer, Getty, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Localities with 200 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
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Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
Boundary clipped with DCW to DCW shoreline boundaries.