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Population 1 January
5,627,400 latest (2026-01-01)
persons unit
annual frequency
Norway geography
Coverage 1735-01-01 to 2026-01-01 · series id ssb-pxweb/05803:Personer
Recent values
| Period | Value | Revision |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 5,627,400 | 1 |
| 2025-01-01 | 5,594,340 | 1 |
| 2024-01-01 | 5,550,203 | 1 |
| 2023-01-01 | 5,488,984 | 1 |
| 2022-01-01 | 5,425,270 | 1 |
| 2021-01-01 | 5,391,369 | 1 |
| 2020-01-01 | 5,367,580 | 1 |
| 2019-01-01 | 5,328,212 | 1 |
| 2018-01-01 | 5,295,619 | 1 |
| 2017-01-01 | 5,258,317 | 1 |
| 2016-01-01 | 5,213,985 | 1 |
| 2015-01-01 | 5,165,802 | 1 |
Verification history
| Check | Result | Expected | Actual | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| freshness | pass | 20h ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 44h ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 2d ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 3d ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 4d ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 5d ago |
License and citation
License cc-by-4.0 (terms). Source: Statistics Norway. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
Official table: 05803: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year, by contents and year · Statistics Norway
Use it
curl "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/sources/ssb-pxweb/series/05803:Personer/observations?latest=12"
Download CSV: full history with attribution.
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An SVG of this series, attribution included:
<img src="https://starwell.dev/sources/ssb-pxweb/05803:Personer/chart.svg"
alt="Population 1 January" width="720" />
Embed the status badge
[](https://starwell.dev/sources/ssb-pxweb/05803:Personer)
curl -X POST "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/answer" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer dlk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"question": "What is the latest value?", "series": [{"source": "ssb-pxweb", "seriesId": "05803:Personer"}]}'
Data reads need no key; answers do. Keys are free at /account; a keyless sample lives at GET /api/starwell/v1/answer/demo.