User:AB-me/Sandbox/List of urban areas in the Nordic countries

This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population.

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The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden as well as three autonomous parts of the aforementioned countries (Faroe Islands and Greenland of Denmark and Åland of Finland) are eligible for the list. The urban population figures are given by the national statistical bureaus yearly except for Sweden, who only publish figures every five years.

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The years correspond to January 1 of the year, or for the Finnish, Swedish and Åland figures, December 31 of the previous year.

List of capitals and other urban areas in the Nordic countries with a population of more than 100,000 as of latest data
Urban area Country Population Date 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Stockholm   Sweden 1,372,565 31 Dec 2010 1,372,565
Copenhagen (København)   Denmark 1,246,611 1 Jan 2014 1,246,611 1,230,728 1,213,822 1,199,224
Helsinki   Finland 1,193,187 31 Dec 2013 1,193,187 1,176,976 1,159,211
Oslo   Norway 925,228 1 Jan 2013 925,228 925,242 906,681
Gothenburg (Göteborg)   Sweden 549,839 31 Dec 2010 549,839
Tampere   Finland 321,481 31 Dec 2013 321,481 317,316 313,058
Malmö   Sweden 280,415 31 Dec 2010 280,415
Aarhus   Denmark 259,754 1 Jan 2014 259,754 256,018 252,213 249,709
Turku   Finland 257,158 31 Dec 2013 257,158 254,671 252,468
Bergen   Norway 247,731 1 Jan 2013 247,731 238,098 235,046
Stavanger/Sandnes   Norway 203,771 1 Jan 2013 203,771 201,353 197,852
Oulu   Finland 191,325 31 Dec 2013 191,325 188,279 185,440
Odense   Denmark 172,512 1 Jan 2014 172,512 170,327 168,798 167,615
Trondheim   Norway 169,972 1 Jan 2013 169,972 167,598 164,953
Uppsala   Sweden 140,454 31 Dec 2010 140,454
Reykjavik   Iceland 120,339 1 Jan 2014 120,339 118,918 117,983 118,019
Jyväskylä   Finland 119,099 31 Dec 2013 119,099 117,974 116,480
Lahti   Finland 116,817 31 Dec 2013 116,817 116,549 115,897
Västerås   Sweden 110,877 31 Dec 2010 110,877
Drammen   Norway 110,503 1 Jan 2013 110,503 101,995 100,303
Aalborg   Denmark 109,092 1 Jan 2014 109,092 106,916 104,885 103,545
Örebro   Sweden 107,038 31 Dec 2010 107,038
Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg   Norway 106,758 1 Jan 2013 106,758 105,545 104,382
Linköping   Sweden 104,232 31 Dec 2010 104,232
Nuuk   Greenland 16,818 1 Jan 2014 16,818 16,454 16,181 15,862
Tórshavn   Faroe Islands 12,648 31 Dec 2014 12,648 12,370 12,207 12,226 12,308
Mariehamn   Åland Islands 11,393 31 Dec 2013 11,393 11,346 11,263 11,190

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Location of the most populous urban areas in the Nordic countries. Not pictured: Reykjavik (pop. 120,339)
  Population of 1,000,000+
  500,000+
  200,000+
  100,000+

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