Editing Telemark (section)

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|footnote = '''''Source''': [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/08.html Statistics Norway].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable%2FhovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=folkfram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023110552/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable%2FhovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=folkfram|url-status=dead|title=Statistikkbanken|date=26 May 2012|archive-date=23 October 2013|website=ssb.no}}</ref>
|shading = off
|1951|136519  		  	 	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  		  	  	  	  	  	
|1961|149943 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	
|1971|156778  	  	  	 	 	  	  	  	 	  	    	  	  	  	  	  	
|1981|162050  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	
|1991|162869  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	
|2001|165595 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	
|2011|169185	
|2020|173,355||  	  	  	  	
}}
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Telemark<ref>[http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=kirke_kostra Statistics Norway - Church of Norway.] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120716151336/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=kirke_kostra |date=2012-07-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/02/10/trosamf_en/tab-2010-12-13-02-en.html|title=Statistics Norway - Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. County. 2006-2010|website=ssb.no}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=religion
|right1=percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|Purple|86.60}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|Green|1.50}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|Red|0.24}}
{{bar percent|Other|Blue|11.66}}
}}
The largest population centres are [[Skien]], [[Porsgrunn]], [[Notodden]], [[Rjukan]] and [[Kragerø]]. Other important places are [[Bø, Telemark|Bø]], [[Seljord]], [[Fyresdal]] and [[Vinje]].