Municipal population size in 2015 and change 2005-2015
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Number of inhabitants in 2015 and annual average population change 2005-2015
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The map shows that the population increase took place in the more populated municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as in many coastal municipalities in southern Norway and southern Sweden. All the largest municipalities have seen an annual average increase between 1 and 2.3%. In absolute terms, the largest population increases for the period 2005-2015 were in the municipalities of Stockholm (+147 000 inhabitants), Oslo (+118 000) and Copenhagen (+78 000) followed by the other largest Nordic municipalities (Helsinki, Göteborg, Malmö, Espoo and Bergen). The surrounding suburban and peri-urban municipalities also witnessed population growth.
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