Population in Norway compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Norway and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Norway	Spain	Norway	Spain
1960	3,581,239	30,455,000	-	-
1961	3,609,800	30,739,250	0.8%	0.93%
1962	3,638,918	31,023,366	0.81%	0.92%
1963	3,666,537	31,296,651	0.76%	0.88%
1964	3,694,339	31,609,195	0.76%	1%
1965	3,723,168	31,954,292	0.78%	1.09%
1966	3,753,012	32,283,194	0.8%	1.03%
1967	3,784,539	32,682,947	0.84%	1.24%
1968	3,816,486	33,113,134	0.84%	1.32%
1969	3,847,707	33,441,054	0.82%	0.99%
1970	3,875,763	33,814,531	0.73%	1.12%
1971	3,903,039	34,224,490	0.7%	1.21%
1972	3,933,004	34,604,469	0.77%	1.11%
1973	3,960,612	34,988,947	0.7%	1.11%
1974	3,985,258	35,373,335	0.62%	1.1%
1975	4,007,313	35,757,900	0.55%	1.09%
1976	4,026,152	36,137,812	0.47%	1.06%
1977	4,043,205	36,511,638	0.42%	1.03%
1978	4,058,671	36,864,898	0.38%	0.97%
1979	4,072,517	37,191,330	0.34%	0.89%
1980	4,085,620	37,491,165	0.32%	0.81%
1981	4,099,702	37,758,631	0.34%	0.71%
1982	4,114,787	37,986,012	0.37%	0.6%
1983	4,128,432	38,171,525	0.33%	0.49%
1984	4,140,099	38,330,364	0.28%	0.42%
1985	4,152,516	38,469,512	0.3%	0.36%
1986	4,167,354	38,584,624	0.36%	0.3%
1987	4,186,905	38,684,815	0.47%	0.26%
1988	4,209,488	38,766,939	0.54%	0.21%
1989	4,226,901	38,827,764	0.41%	0.16%
1990	4,241,473	38,867,322	0.34%	0.1%
1991	4,261,732	38,966,376	0.48%	0.25%
1992	4,286,401	39,157,685	0.58%	0.49%
1993	4,311,991	39,361,262	0.6%	0.52%
1994	4,336,613	39,549,108	0.57%	0.48%
1995	4,359,184	39,724,050	0.52%	0.44%
1996	4,381,336	39,889,852	0.51%	0.42%
1997	4,405,157	40,057,389	0.54%	0.42%
1998	4,431,464	40,223,509	0.6%	0.41%
1999	4,461,913	40,386,875	0.69%	0.41%
2000	4,490,967	40,567,864	0.65%	0.45%
2001	4,513,751	40,850,412	0.51%	0.7%
2002	4,538,159	41,431,558	0.54%	1.42%
2003	4,564,855	42,187,645	0.59%	1.82%
2004	4,591,910	42,921,895	0.59%	1.74%
2005	4,623,291	43,653,155	0.68%	1.7%
2006	4,660,677	44,397,319	0.81%	1.7%
2007	4,709,153	45,226,803	1.04%	1.87%
2008	4,768,212	45,954,106	1.25%	1.61%
2009	4,828,726	46,362,946	1.27%	0.89%
2010	4,889,252	46,576,897	1.25%	0.46%
2011	4,953,088	46,742,697	1.31%	0.36%
2012	5,018,573	46,773,055	1.32%	0.06%
2013	5,079,623	46,604,197	1.22%	-0.36%
2014	5,137,232	46,460,733	1.13%	-0.31%
2015	5,188,607	46,422,303	1%	-0.08%
2016	5,234,519	46,458,139	0.88%	0.08%
2017	5,276,968	46,571,232	0.81%	0.24%
2018	5,311,916	46,782,011	0.66%	0.45%
2019	5,347,896	47,118,501	0.68%	0.72%
2020	5,379,475	47,359,424	0.59%	0.51%
2021	5,408,320	47,443,821	0.54%	0.18%
2022	5,457,127	47,786,102	0.9%	0.72%
2023	5,519,594	48,347,910	1.14%	1.18%
2024	5,572,272	48,807,137	0.95%	0.95%
2025	5,618,653	48,786,181	0.83%	-0.04%
2026	5,648,542	48,746,279	0.53%	-0.08%
2027	5,669,085	48,696,847	0.36%	-0.1%
2028	5,688,775	48,642,132	0.35%	-0.11%
2029	5,707,206	48,578,166	0.32%	-0.13%
2030	5,724,586	48,501,513	0.3%	-0.16%
2031	5,741,140	48,412,854	0.29%	-0.18%
2032	5,756,663	48,321,195	0.27%	-0.19%
2033	5,771,048	48,230,054	0.25%	-0.19%
2034	5,784,408	48,136,421	0.23%	-0.19%
2035	5,796,851	48,036,650	0.22%	-0.21%
2036	5,808,721	47,929,957	0.2%	-0.22%
2037	5,819,995	47,819,257	0.19%	-0.23%
2038	5,830,604	47,706,580	0.18%	-0.24%
2039	5,840,493	47,588,878	0.17%	-0.25%
2040	5,849,273	47,463,597	0.15%	-0.26%
2041	5,857,345	47,332,618	0.14%	-0.28%
2042	5,864,766	47,194,588	0.13%	-0.29%
2043	5,870,957	47,052,293	0.11%	-0.3%
2044	5,876,291	46,902,636	0.09%	-0.32%
2045	5,881,391	46,738,565	0.09%	-0.35%
2046	5,885,772	46,564,383	0.07%	-0.37%
2047	5,889,156	46,381,681	0.06%	-0.39%
2048	5,892,131	46,190,642	0.05%	-0.41%
2049	5,894,300	45,985,428	0.04%	-0.44%
2050	5,895,192	45,769,362	0.02%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Norway increased by 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Norway gained 454,055 (a 8.75% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Norway was ranked 116th most populous country in 2005 and is 119th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Norway's population will grow by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people with a rank change from 119th to 121st. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.