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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Norway was 5,572,272 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Norway's population is 5,642,662 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Norway's population is 16.5 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Norway is ranked the 119th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for Norway vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Norway has had an average growth rate of +0.85% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Norway has increased from 4.62M people to 5.64M (22% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Norway is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 5.9M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Norway vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Norway Vanuatu
Current population
5642662
341110
Population rank 119/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.004%
One net population change
9.98 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
10.1 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
12.1 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
11.8 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +44,356 -43
Daily growth/decline +144 +20
Annual growth/decline +52,678 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +0.95% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 107/197 40/197

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

Norway
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Norway Vanuatu Norway Vanuatu
1960 3,581,239 64,431 - -
1961 3,609,800 66,264 0.8% 2.84%
1962 3,638,918 68,174 0.81% 2.88%
1963 3,666,537 70,159 0.76% 2.91%
1964 3,694,339 72,219 0.76% 2.94%
1965 3,723,168 74,358 0.78% 2.96%
1966 3,753,012 76,590 0.8% 3%
1967 3,784,539 78,921 0.84% 3.04%
1968 3,816,486 81,314 0.84% 3.03%
1969 3,847,707 83,755 0.82% 3%
1970 3,875,763 86,266 0.73% 3%
1971 3,903,039 88,862 0.7% 3.01%
1972 3,933,004 91,562 0.77% 3.04%
1973 3,960,612 94,362 0.7% 3.06%
1974 3,985,258 97,260 0.62% 3.07%
1975 4,007,313 100,269 0.55% 3.09%
1976 4,026,152 103,388 0.47% 3.11%
1977 4,043,205 106,618 0.42% 3.12%
1978 4,058,671 109,963 0.38% 3.14%
1979 4,072,517 113,040 0.34% 2.8%
1980 4,085,620 115,660 0.32% 2.32%
1981 4,099,702 118,249 0.34% 2.24%
1982 4,114,787 121,035 0.37% 2.36%
1983 4,128,432 123,998 0.33% 2.45%
1984 4,140,099 127,109 0.28% 2.51%
1985 4,152,516 130,356 0.3% 2.55%
1986 4,167,354 133,720 0.36% 2.58%
1987 4,186,905 137,187 0.47% 2.59%
1988 4,209,488 140,756 0.54% 2.6%
1989 4,226,901 144,393 0.41% 2.58%
1990 4,241,473 148,063 0.34% 2.54%
1991 4,261,732 151,793 0.48% 2.52%
1992 4,286,401 155,608 0.58% 2.51%
1993 4,311,991 159,463 0.6% 2.48%
1994 4,336,613 163,314 0.57% 2.41%
1995 4,359,184 167,137 0.52% 2.34%
1996 4,381,336 170,911 0.51% 2.26%
1997 4,405,157 174,626 0.54% 2.17%
1998 4,431,464 178,313 0.6% 2.11%
1999 4,461,913 182,048 0.69% 2.09%
2000 4,490,967 186,281 0.65% 2.33%
2001 4,513,751 191,031 0.51% 2.55%
2002 4,538,159 195,863 0.54% 2.53%
2003 4,564,855 200,746 0.59% 2.49%
2004 4,591,910 205,711 0.59% 2.47%
2005 4,623,291 210,760 0.68% 2.45%
2006 4,660,677 215,923 0.81% 2.45%
2007 4,709,153 221,276 1.04% 2.48%
2008 4,768,212 226,896 1.25% 2.54%
2009 4,828,726 232,731 1.27% 2.57%
2010 4,889,252 238,248 1.25% 2.37%
2011 4,953,088 243,474 1.31% 2.19%
2012 5,018,573 248,883 1.32% 2.22%
2013 5,079,623 254,482 1.22% 2.25%
2014 5,137,232 260,240 1.13% 2.26%
2015 5,188,607 266,101 1% 2.25%
2016 5,234,519 272,087 0.88% 2.25%
2017 5,276,968 278,507 0.81% 2.36%
2018 5,311,916 285,259 0.66% 2.42%
2019 5,347,896 291,985 0.68% 2.36%
2020 5,379,475 298,858 0.59% 2.35%
2021 5,408,320 305,868 0.54% 2.35%
2022 5,457,127 313,046 0.9% 2.35%
2023 5,519,594 320,409 1.14% 2.35%
2024 5,572,272 327,777 0.95% 2.3%
2025 5,618,653 335,169 0.83% 2.26%
2026 5,648,542 342,565 0.53% 2.21%
2027 5,669,085 349,970 0.36% 2.16%
2028 5,688,775 357,397 0.35% 2.12%
2029 5,707,206 364,883 0.32% 2.09%
2030 5,724,586 372,429 0.3% 2.07%
2031 5,741,140 380,015 0.29% 2.04%
2032 5,756,663 387,657 0.27% 2.01%
2033 5,771,048 395,366 0.25% 1.99%
2034 5,784,408 403,188 0.23% 1.98%
2035 5,796,851 411,061 0.22% 1.95%
2036 5,808,721 419,006 0.2% 1.93%
2037 5,819,995 427,031 0.19% 1.92%
2038 5,830,604 435,150 0.18% 1.9%
2039 5,840,493 443,311 0.17% 1.88%
2040 5,849,273 451,509 0.15% 1.85%
2041 5,857,345 459,733 0.14% 1.82%
2042 5,864,766 468,003 0.13% 1.8%
2043 5,870,957 476,308 0.11% 1.77%
2044 5,876,291 484,636 0.09% 1.75%
2045 5,881,391 492,989 0.09% 1.72%
2046 5,885,772 501,316 0.07% 1.69%
2047 5,889,156 509,621 0.06% 1.66%
2048 5,892,131 517,889 0.05% 1.62%
2049 5,894,300 526,138 0.04% 1.59%
2050 5,895,192 534,374 0.02% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Norway increased by 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Norway gained 454,055 (a 8.75% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Norway was ranked 116th most populous country in 2005 and is 119th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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