Norway - Urban Population 1981
70.84%
+0.19% from 1980
Norway's urban population was 70.84% in 1981, increased +0.19% from 70.65% in 1980. This was the 172nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1981▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 4.51% | 3.9% |
| 2nd | Rwanda | 4.87% | 1.1% |
| 3rd | Uganda | 6.92% | 2.4% |
| 4th | South Sudan | 8.49% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Burkina Faso | 9.06% | 7.6% |
| 6th | Malawi | 9.34% | 2.2% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | 11.21% | 3.6% |
| 8th | Lesotho | 11.24% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Lao PDR | 12.65% | 2.2% |
| 10th | Cambodia | 12.92% | 1.5% |
| 11th | Bhutan | 13.05% | 7.2% |
| 12th | Papua New Guinea | 13.10% | 0.3% |
| 13th | Yemen, Republic of | 13.16% | 6.4% |
| 14th | Mozambique | 13.82% | 5.2% |
| 15th | Niger | 13.95% | 1.9% |
| 16th | Mali | 14.35% | 2.1% |
| 17th | Eritrea | 14.55% | 1.2% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 15.19% | 2.8% |
| 19th | Tanzania | 15.26% | 3.3% |
| 20th | Bangladesh | 15.39% | 4.9% |
| 21st | Nepal | 15.48% | 6.0% |
| 22nd | Botswana | 15.81% | 5.8% |
| 23rd | Afghanistan | 15.90% | 1.4% |
| 24th | Kenya | 16.16% | 2.1% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 17.12% | 2.9% |
| 26th | Thailand | 17.28% | 1.2% |
| 27th | Guinea-Bissau | 18.20% | 5.4% |
| 28th | Liechtenstein | 18.25% | -0.2% |
| 29th | Madagascar | 18.85% | 2.0% |
| 30th | Viet Nam | 19.14% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Chad | 19.40% | 1.6% |
| 32nd | Eswatini | 19.75% | 5.1% |
| 33rd | Sudan | 20.04% | 1.1% |
| 34th | China | 20.16% | 3.9% |
| 35th | Haiti | 20.59% | 0.1% |
| 36th | Tonga | 20.74% | 0.6% |
| 37th | Samoa | 21.21% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Sri Lanka | 21.46% | -0.7% |
| 39th | Indonesia | 22.84% | 3.1% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | 22.88% | 2.5% |
| 41st | Maldives | 23.63% | 3.5% |
| 42nd | British Virgin Islands | 23.63% | 4.7% |
| 43rd | Comoros | 23.67% | 1.9% |
| 44th | India | 23.79% | 1.2% |
| 45th | Cabo Verde | 24.49% | 4.4% |
| 46th | Myanmar | 24.64% | 0.3% |
| 47th | Togo | 25.06% | 1.4% |
| 48th | Guinea | 25.27% | 2.1% |
| 49th | Angola | 25.43% | 5.4% |
| 50th | Namibia | 25.71% | 0.3% |
| 51st | Equatorial Guinea | 26.28% | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.47% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | St. Lucia | 26.74% | 1.4% |
| 54th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 27.07% | 0.8% |
| 55th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 27.16% | 1.2% |
| 56th | Benin | 28.12% | 3.0% |
| 57th | Nigeria | 28.18% | 2.8% |
| 58th | Pakistan | 28.39% | 1.1% |
| 59th | Gambia, The | 28.72% | 5.5% |
| 60th | Guyana | 29.50% | 0.0% |
| 61st | Sierra Leone | 30.63% | 1.4% |
| 62nd | Mauritania | 30.67% | 7.0% |
| 63rd | Tuvalu | 31.08% | 3.0% |
| 64th | Ghana | 31.24% | 0.7% |
| 65th | Faroe Islands | 31.60% | 0.1% |
| 66th | Channel Islands | 31.90% | -0.2% |
| 67th | Kosovo | 32.63% | 1.6% |
| 68th | Kiribati | 32.68% | 0.8% |
| 69th | Guatemala | 32.71% | -0.3% |
| 70th | Grenada | 32.98% | 0.2% |
| 71st | Cameroon | 33.24% | 2.8% |
| 72nd | São Tomé and Principe | 33.83% | 1.5% |
| 73rd | Albania | 33.91% | 0.5% |
| 74th | Philippines | 34.04% | 0.6% |
| 75th | Tajikistan | 34.06% | -0.6% |
| 76th | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.67% | 0.4% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 35.09% | 2.5% |
| 78th | Honduras | 35.63% | 1.6% |
| 79th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 35.88% | -0.1% |
| 80th | Central African Republic | 36.13% | 0.6% |
| 81st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36.32% | 1.4% |
| 82nd | Senegal | 36.34% | 1.0% |
| 83rd | Liberia | 36.82% | 2.7% |
| 84th | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.47% | 0.8% |
| 85th | Fiji | 37.87% | 0.3% |
| 86th | Kyrgyz Republic | 38.28% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Zambia | 39.89% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Moldova | 40.60% | 1.4% |
| 89th | Türkiye | 40.91% | 2.6% |
| 90th | Uzbekistan | 41.17% | 0.2% |
| 91st | Virgin Islands (US) | 41.65% | 5.3% |
| 92nd | Morocco | 41.84% | 1.8% |
| 93rd | Portugal | 41.90% | 1.6% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 41.91% | -0.5% |
| 95th | Paraguay | 42.06% | 1.6% |
| 96th | Costa Rica | 43.20% | 0.7% |
| 97th | El Salvador | 43.35% | 1.3% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.56% | 0.1% |
| 99th | Algeria | 43.73% | 2.2% |
| 100th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 43.91% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 45.16% | 2.4% |
| 102nd | Montenegro | 45.53% | 1.3% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 46.72% | 1.1% |
| 104th | Turkmenistan | 46.96% | -0.4% |
| 105th | Syrian Arab Republic | 47.00% | 0.6% |
| 106th | Jamaica | 47.52% | 0.7% |
| 107th | Dominica | 47.68% | 2.4% |
| 108th | Ecuador | 47.95% | 2.1% |
| 109th | Croatia | 47.97% | 1.4% |
| 110th | Congo, Republic of | 48.22% | 3.1% |
| 111th | South Africa | 48.50% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Slovenia | 49.02% | 1.1% |
| 113th | Seychelles | 49.39% | 0.0% |
| 114th | Panama | 50.06% | 0.6% |
| 115th | Romania | 50.29% | 1.3% |
| 116th | Isle of Man | 50.39% | -0.1% |
| 117th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 50.66% | 1.5% |
| 118th | Belize | 51.29% | -0.7% |
| 119th | Nicaragua | 51.41% | 0.6% |
| 120th | Tunisia | 51.83% | 0.5% |
| 121st | Dominican Republic | 52.13% | 1.3% |
| 122nd | Slovak Republic | 52.44% | 1.3% |
| 123rd | Georgia | 52.63% | 0.6% |
| 124th | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.65% | 0.6% |
| 125th | Mongolia | 53.03% | 1.5% |
| 126th | Azerbaijan | 53.19% | 0.1% |
| 127th | North Macedonia | 54.01% | 0.9% |
| 128th | Kazakhstan | 54.57% | 0.9% |
| 129th | Austria | 55.15% | 0.9% |
| 130th | Ireland | 55.65% | 0.4% |
| 131st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 56.08% | 1.8% |
| 132nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 56.97% | 0.1% |
| 133rd | Gabon | 57.00% | 3.2% |
| 134th | Oman | 57.33% | 3.7% |
| 135th | Belarus | 57.63% | 1.9% |
| 136th | New Caledonia | 58.06% | 0.6% |
| 137th | Hungary | 58.21% | 0.5% |
| 138th | Korea | 58.33% | 3.0% |
| 139th | Poland | 58.71% | 0.8% |
| 140th | French Polynesia | 58.99% | -0.1% |
| 141st | Brunei Darussalam | 59.39% | -0.3% |
| 142nd | Marshall Islands | 59.91% | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Jordan | 61.09% | 2.1% |
| 144th | Switzerland | 61.81% | 0.9% |
| 145th | Cyprus | 62.38% | 2.1% |
| 146th | West Bank and Gaza | 62.45% | 0.6% |
| 147th | Lithuania | 62.46% | 1.6% |
| 148th | Ukraine | 62.73% | 0.9% |
| 149th | Bulgaria | 63.01% | 1.4% |
| 150th | Palau | 63.16% | 1.1% |
| 151st | Finland | 63.18% | 0.1% |
| 152nd | Barbados | 63.48% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | American Samoa | 64.76% | 1.7% |
| 154th | Colombia | 65.20% | 0.7% |
| 155th | Peru | 65.21% | 0.8% |
| 156th | Netherlands | 65.74% | 1.2% |
| 157th | Suriname | 66.08% | 0.0% |
| 158th | Aruba | 66.10% | 0.0% |
| 159th | Armenia | 66.47% | 0.4% |
| 160th | Iraq | 66.87% | 1.3% |
| 161st | Italy | 66.90% | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Mexico | 66.91% | 0.9% |
| 163rd | Saudi Arabia | 67.91% | 2.2% |
| 164th | Puerto Rico (US) | 68.35% | 1.9% |
| 165th | European Union | 68.36% | 0.4% |
| 166th | Brazil | 68.37% | 1.4% |
| 167th | Latvia | 68.82% | 0.6% |
| 168th | Cuba | 68.92% | 0.8% |
| 169th | Greece | 69.77% | 0.4% |
| 170th | Russian Federation | 70.33% | 0.7% |
| 171st | Estonia | 70.33% | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Norway | 70.84% | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Libya | 71.94% | 2.0% |
| 174th | Spain | 71.98% | 0.6% |
| 175th | France | 73.29% | 0.1% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 73.80% | 0.8% |
| 177th | United States | 73.81% | 0.1% |
| 178th | Bahamas, The | 73.94% | 1.1% |
| 179th | Belgium | 75.12% | 0.5% |
| 180th | Czechia | 75.50% | 1.1% |
| 181st | Canada | 75.74% | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Lebanon | 75.81% | 1.8% |
| 183rd | Japan | 76.25% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Greenland | 76.77% | 0.5% |
| 185th | United Kingdom | 78.60% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Germany | 79.93% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Luxembourg | 80.46% | 0.2% |
| 188th | United Arab Emirates | 80.65% | -0.6% |
| 189th | Bahrain | 80.83% | 0.5% |
| 190th | Curaçao | 81.46% | 0.3% |
| 191st | Chile | 82.03% | 0.4% |
| 192nd | Sweden | 83.09% | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 83.27% | 0.5% |
| 194th | New Zealand | 83.50% | 0.1% |
| 195th | San Marino | 83.56% | 2.4% |
| 196th | Denmark | 83.95% | 0.2% |
| 197th | Qatar | 84.05% | 1.3% |
| 198th | Uruguay | 85.45% | 0.6% |
| 199th | Australia | 85.71% | -0.1% |
| 200th | Northern Mariana Islands | 86.90% | 0.2% |
| 201st | Iceland | 88.34% | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Guam | 88.85% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | Israel | 89.13% | 0.3% |
| 204th | Malta | 89.63% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 91.80% | 0.3% |
| 206th | Andorra | 93.79% | 0.9% |
| 207th | Kuwait | 95.64% | 0.9% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 98.60% | 0.1% |
| 209th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 212th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 213th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 214th | Nauru | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 215th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 216th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Norway's urban population in 1981?▾
Norway's urban population in 1981 was 70.84%. This ranked 172nd globally.
How did Norway's urban population change in 1981?▾
Norway's urban population increased by 0.3% in 1981 compared to 1980.
Which country had the highest urban population in 1981?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1981 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Norway in 1981?▾
The urban population of Norway in 1981 was 70.84%. This ranked 172nd globally.
How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Norway's urban population?▾
Norway's urban population went from 70.65% in 1980 to 70.84% in 1981, a 0.3% increase.
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