What is the population of Svalbard?

The population of Svalbard is 2,500.

Where is Svalbard located?

Svalbard is located at latitude 78.1570600 and longitude 15.8642600.

What is the area of Svalbard?

The area of Svalbard is 61022 km².

What time zone is Svalbard in?

Svalbard is in the Arctic/Longyearbyen time zone.

What is the official language of Svalbard?

The official language of Svalbard is Norwegian.

How has the population of Svalbard changed?

The population of Svalbard has increased from 8,774,440 (1960) to 37,466,414 (2021), a change of 327%.

Svalbard, SJ

Svalbard: Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean

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Longyearbyen

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Quick Facts about Svalbard

Population	2,500
Country	Norway
Area	61022 km²
Has part	Hopen, Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Edgeøya
Continent	Europe
Latitude & Longitude	78.1571,15.8643
Official language	Norwegian
Altitude	5,620 feet / 1713 meters
Capital	Longyearbyen
Establishment	February 09, 1920 (106 years ago)
Time Zone	Central European Time
Local time	00:06:10 (13th May 2026)

Geography

Svalbard is located at 78°9'25"N 15°51'51"E (78.1570600, 15.8642600).

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Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1960	8,774,440	-	estimation process
1961	8,953,544	2%
1962	9,141,783	2.06%	estimation process
1963	9,339,507	2.12%	estimation process
1964	9,547,131	2.17%	estimation process
1965	9,765,015	2.23%
1966	9,990,125	2.25%
1967	10,221,902	2.27%	estimation process
1968	10,465,770	2.33%	estimation process
1969	10,729,191	2.46%
1970	11,015,621	2.6%	estimation process
1971	11,323,446	2.72%
1972	11,644,377	2.76%	census
1973	11,966,352	2.69%	estimation process
1974	12,273,589	2.5%	estimation process
1975	12,551,790	2.22%	estimation process
1976	12,806,810	1.99%
1977	13,034,460	1.75%	estimation process
1978	13,199,597	1.25%	estimation process
1979	13,257,128	0.43%
1980	13,180,431	-0.58%	estimation process
1981	12,963,788	-1.67%
1982	12,634,494	-2.61%	estimation process
1983	12,241,928	-3.21%	estimation process
1984	11,854,205	-3.27%	estimation process
1985	11,528,977	-2.82%
1986	11,262,439	-2.37%	census
1987	11,063,107	-1.8%	estimation process
1988	11,013,345	-0.45%	estimation process
1989	11,215,323	1.8%	estimation process
1990	11,731,193	4.4%	estimation process
1991	12,612,043	6.98%
1992	13,811,876	8.69%	estimation process
1993	15,175,325	8.98%	estimation process
1994	16,485,018	7.94%
1995	17,586,073	6.26%	estimation process
1996	18,415,307	4.5%	estimation process
1997	19,021,226	3.19%
1998	19,496,836	2.44%	estimation process
1999	19,987,071	2.45%	estimation process
2000	20,595,360	2.95%	estimation process
2001	21,347,782	3.52%	estimation process
2002	22,202,806	3.85%	estimation process
2003	23,116,142	3.95%	estimation process
2004	24,018,682	3.76%	estimation process
2005	24,860,855	3.39%	estimation process
2006	25,631,282	3.01%	estimation process
2007	26,349,243	2.72%	estimation process
2008	27,032,197	2.53%	estimation process
2009	27,708,187	2.44%	estimation process
2010	28,397,812	2.43%	estimation process
2011	29,105,480	2.43%	estimation process
2012	29,824,536	2.41%	estimation process
2013	31,822,848	6.28%	estimation process
2020	36,643,815	13.16%	estimation process
2021	37,466,414	2.2%	estimation process

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