Largest Cities in Norway 2026: Population Ranking

Norway's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Oslo in orange

Norway has 1 city with more than a million inhabitants and 6 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Oslo with 1,082,575 people, followed by Bergen (294,029) and Trondheim (216,518). The three largest cities together hold about 28.1% of the country's 5.7 million people.

The capital, Oslo, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Rogaland (4), Vestfold (4), Vestland (3).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Norway population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Norway atlas.

Norway cities by population

30 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Norway
1	OsloCapital	Oslo	1,082,575	19.1%
2	Bergen	Vestland	294,029	5.2%
3	Trondheim	Trøndelag	216,518	3.8%
4	Stavanger	Rogaland	151,669	2.7%
5	Kristiansand	Agder	117,237	2.1%
6	Drammen	Buskerud	106,013	1.9%
7	Lillestrøm	Akershus	89,684	1.6%
8	Sandnes	Rogaland	85,386	1.5%
9	Fredrikstad	Østfold	83,761	1.5%
10	Sandefjord	Vestfold	64,345	1.1%
11	Asker	Akershus	61,906	1.1%
12	Sarpsborg	Østfold	59,038	1%
13	Tønsberg	Vestfold	55,387	1%
14	Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	52,626	0.9%
15	Skien	Telemark	50,595	0.9%
16	Moss	Østfold	49,668	0.9%
17	Tromsø	Troms	41,915	0.7%
18	Haugesund	Rogaland	40,321	0.7%
19	Åsane	Vestland	40,146	0.7%
20	Nesttun	Vestland	35,638	0.6%
21	Porsgrunn	Telemark	34,377	0.6%
22	Bodø	Nordland	34,073	0.6%
23	Arendal	Agder	30,916	0.5%
24	Sola	Rogaland	29,541	0.5%
25	Hamar	Innlandet	29,479	0.5%
26	Lillehammer	Innlandet	29,011	0.5%
27	Horten	Vestfold	27,178	0.5%
28	Grimstad	Agder	24,017	0.4%
29	Kristiansund	Møre og Romsdal	24,013	0.4%
30	Larvik	Vestfold	23,113	0.4%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Norway?

Oslo, with about 1,082,575 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Norway?

Oslo — population 1,082,575, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Norway have over one million people?

1: Oslo.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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