Italy vs Norway: Country has a population register

Italy

in 2015

Norway

in 2015

Italy rank

1st

Norway rank

1st

Country has a population register over time

Italy currently reports 1 against 1 in Norway, a difference of 0.

Across all 266 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 67 countries.

Indicator: Country has a population register
Source: Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 67 places, 16,024 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

A population register is defined as a centralized state agency that keeps detailed and permanently updated records of every person in the territory.