Norway vs Sri Lanka: Urban population

Norway
4.69 million
in 2025
Sri Lanka
4.45 million
in 2025
Norway rank
103rd
Sri Lanka rank
106th

Urban population over time

  • Norway
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 4.69 million against 4.45 million in Sri Lanka, a difference of 239,910.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Norway ahead.

Globally, Norway ranks 103rd and Sri Lanka ranks 106th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.