Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Area of Svalbard and Jan Mayen	62,126.5 km²
Population	2,839
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+121.6%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+39.8%
Timezone	Central European Summer Time

Map of Svalbard

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	1,281	1,678	2,031	2,839
Population Density	0.02 / km²	0.03 / km²	0.03 / km²	0.05 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1200 to 2015

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 Year Growth %	Avg 10 Year Growth
1200	184	n/a	n/a
1300	230	2.3%	4
1400	287	2.2%	5
1500	358	2.2%	7
1600	446	2.2%	8
1700	605	3.1%	15
1800	346	-5.4%	-25
1900	649	6.5%	30
1910	654	0.8%	5
1920	725	10.9%	71
1930	804	10.9%	79
1940	891	10.8%	87
1950	988	10.9%	97
1960	1,096	10.9%	108
1970	1,215	10.9%	119
1990	1,678	17.5%	231
2000	2,031	21%	353

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Cities in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Longyearbyen

Cities in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Longyearbyen	1.377 km²	1	1.88 / mi²

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