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Population in Stavanger

Population in Stavanger was 151,669 in 2026, according to Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). That is up 1% from 2025.

2026, persons151,669
Change on 2025+1%
Series high151,6692026
Series low149,0482024

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Population in Stavanger, 2024 to 2026

149K150K151K152K2024202520262024: 149,048 persons2025: 150,123 persons2026: 151,669 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
2026151,669
2025150,123
2024149,048

Compared with Rogaland and Norway

Place2026
Stavanger151,669
Rogaland508,922
Norway5,627,400

Rankings

Definition

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. 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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How to cite

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, Stavanger, 2024 to 2026) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913

MLA 9

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

Harvard

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

BibTeX
@misc{statistics_population_stavanger_2026,
  author = {{Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå)}},
  title = {{Table 06913, Population and population changes: population on 1 January, municipalities: Population, Stavanger, 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/stavanger-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.},
}
RIS
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N1  - 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 Stavanger?

Population in Stavanger was 151,669 in 2026, according to Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). That is up 1% 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 Stavanger?

151,669 in 2026, the highest value since 2024 in this series.

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