The 101-square-kilometre (39 sq mi) municipality is the 328th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Askøy is the 36th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 29,553. The municipality's population density is 313 inhabitants per square kilometre (810/sq mi) and its population has increased by 18.2% over the previous 10-year period.[3][4] Since the opening of the Askøy Bridge connecting it to the mainland of Bergen in 1992, the population has increased rapidly.