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Nordland

First-level unit, Norway: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NOR-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NOR / NOStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
154,501
people (GHSL 2025)
37,544 km²
area
3.3%
of Norway
44
units inside
01Map

Inside Nordland

The 44 ADM2 units of Nordland.

FIG 1 · 44 units inside Nordland
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

154,501

3.3% of Norway.

People · WorldPop 2025

157,160

+2% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

37,544 km²

4 people per km².

Code

NO-18

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

9,899

people on land at or below 10 m, 6.4% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

44 units inside Nordland

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
Alstahaug nor–1,0751,513167.9160.7%51
Andøy nor–1,0731,657652.7120.7%116
Ballangen nor–2,4421,897926.2131.6%83
Beiarn nor–1,0481,2791,212.3610.7%2
Bindal nor–1,4961,2341,255.811%13
Bø nor–2,2762,162243.2591.5%368
Bodø nor–39,97336,6431,360.952925.7%2,142
Brønnøy nor–7,1277,6061,026.2974.6%1,651
Divtasvuodna smj 1–7189631,454.500.5%37
Dønna nor–70871917740.5%23
Evenes nor–1,2071,242251.3750.8%171
Flakstad nor–892950174.7850.6%26
Fuossko smj 2–9,9529,4061,193.6386.4%384
Gildeskål nor–1,5101,504640.821%63
Grane nor–1,4671,4421,991.6810.9%0
Gratangen nor–925950310.6430.6%15
Hábmer smj 2–7298911,018.2810.5%19
Hadsel nor–2,5823,122559.6451.7%102
Hattfjelldal nor–1,4451,2212,659.7110.9%0
Hemnes nor–4,2584,3341,579.6832.7%104
Herøy nor–1,2491,24930.48410.8%362
Leirfjord nor–1,8151,796463.6841.2%16
Lødingen nor–1,9541,760510.8141.3%72
Lurøy nor–555703233.8620.4%19
Meløy nor–5,7865,014853.9973.7%126
Moskenes nor–546463116.6650.4%0
Narvik nor–2,5213,9262,011.411.6%17
Nesna nor–14156179.100%0
Øksnes nor–3,2373,514311.07102.1%237
Rana nor–15,92416,2804,428.83410.2%313
Rødøy nor–731533681.0110.5%21
Røst nor–3233545.09630.2%56
Saltdal nor–4,3824,6532,192.1822.8%123
Sømna nor–1,5411,959186.0481%88
Sørfold nor–1,4339781,620.0710.9%71
Sortland nor–3,6115,627717.1452.3%158
Steigen nor–2,0831,998978.6721.3%186
Træna nor–004.8700%0
Værøy nor–23132118.06130.1%16
Vågan nor–4,2824,668460.3792.8%135
Vefsn nor–13,13613,3041,917.9978.5%638
Vega nor–1,119848132.3580.7%444
Vestvågøy nor–5,7596,983410.28143.7%725
Vevelstad nor–289288533.7610.2%15
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
2.7 H3 cells
Ports
2 H3 cells
Airports
None at this resolution
Major roads
1,115.7 H3 cells
Railways
386.3 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Nordland publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Norway.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NOR ADM1, source: Kartverket, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NOR ADM2, source: Geonorge, Mapping Authority of Norway, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2013
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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