NEWS

csdata 2026.7.2 (2026-07-02)

Breaking: dropped support for the 2020 border year. All _b2020 datasets are removed and every data-returning function now accepts only border = 2024 (set_config(border_nor = 2020) and border = 2020 now error). Use border = 2024.
Population data now carries a sex dimension. nor_population_by_age_b2024 includes real male/female/total splits (fetched from SSB tables 07459 and 10826 with Kjonn = TRUE). Locations where Statistics Norway provides no sex breakdown (Svalbard, Jan Mayen, unknown) carry total with NA male/female.
New exported function nor_population_by_sex_age_cats() returns population by custom age categories split by sex, with include_total_age and include_total_sex toggles.
nor_population_by_age_cats() is unchanged for callers: it now filters to sex == "total" internally, so its output remains identical (total only).
Note: at redistricted sub-national levels each sex is rounded independently, so male + female may differ from total by up to 3 people in ~0.6% of historical cells (exact at the national level).

Population data pipeline now fetches directly from SSB PxWeb API (tables 07459 and 10826) instead of manually downloaded CSV files.
Including 2025 and 2026 population data.
Municipality population data now uses actual historical data per municipality code instead of crude split approximations for merged municipalities.
National population data sourced from table 07459 (1986+), replacing the defunct dataset 59322.
Svalbard population data now fetched from SSB table 07430 (up to 2026), replacing the static Excel file.
Removed unused Nordic country population and location Excel files.

Fixing an error that wouldn't allow for include_total = TRUE in nor_population_by_age_cats
CRAN submission.