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Population in Kristiansand

Population in Kristiansand was 119,287 in 2026, according to Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). That is up 0.9% from 2025.

2026, persons119,287
Change on 2025+0.9%
Series high119,2872026
Series low116,9862024

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Population in Kristiansand, 2024 to 2026

116.5K117K117.5K118K118.5K119K119.5K2024202520262024: 116,986 persons2025: 118,221 persons2026: 119,287 persons116K117K118K119K120K2024202520262024: 116,986 persons2025: 118,221 persons2026: 119,287 persons
persons. Source: Statistics Norway, Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2026-04-15.
All 3 values
Periodpersons
2026119,287
2025118,221
2024116,986

Compared with Agder and Norway

Place2026
Kristiansand119,287
Agder323,930
Norway5,627,400

Rankings

Definition

Resident population. Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January.

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  • Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón).
  • Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January.
  • United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July.
  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
  • Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
  • UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

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Source: Statistics Norway (SSB). Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities. https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values.

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APA 7

Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). (2026). Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities (Population, Kristiansand, 2024 to 2026) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913

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Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities, Population, Kristiansand, 2024 to 2026. Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå), 15 Apr. 2026, https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/population/kristiansand-norway. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). 2026. Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities. Population, Kristiansand, 2024 to 2026. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/population/kristiansand-norway.

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Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå) (2026) Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities, Population, Kristiansand, 2024 to 2026 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/population/kristiansand-norway (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{statistics_population_kristiansand_2026,
  author = {{Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå)}},
  title = {{Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities: Population, Kristiansand, 2024 to 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/population/kristiansand-norway. Publisher attribution: Source: Statistics Norway (SSB). Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities. https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values.},
}
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What is the population in Kristiansand?

Population in Kristiansand was 119,287 in 2026, according to Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). That is up 0.9% from 2025.

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Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest population in Kristiansand?

119,287 in 2026, the highest value since 2024 in this series.

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