Norway
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Europe.
Norway includes Svalbard, the island group far to the north, so the mainland looks small.
- Capital
- Oslo
- Continent
- Europe
More Europe quizzes - Land neighbours
- Finland, Russia, Sweden
- Population
- 5,610,870 (2025)
- Total area
- 385,206 km² (Kartverket, with Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
- Centre of main landmass
- 63.8° N, 12.2° E
Norway at a glance
Norway is a country in Europe. Its capital is Oslo. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Finland, Russia and Sweden.
Flag of Norway
Norway’s flag is drawn in the proportions 8:11 (height to width), like Israel’s flag.
Iceland and Norway: the same Nordic cross with the colours swapped, a white-edged blue cross on red for Norway and a white-edged red cross on blue for Iceland.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Austria and Latvia.
Norway in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 5,610,870 | 117thof 195 | 24thof 44 |
| Total areakm² · Kartverket, with Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 385,206 km² | 61stof 194 | 6thof 43 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $530.8B | 30thof 182 | 14thof 41 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $94,594 | 6thof 182 | 5thof 41 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 83.2 years | 13thof 195 | 9thof 44 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.45 | 149thof 195 | 16thof 44 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $8,296 | 4thof 191 | 3rdof 42 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 83.6% | 35thof 195 | 12thof 44 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 99.0% | 6thof 180 | 2ndof 43 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 33.5% | 90thof 191 | 22ndof 42 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 7.18 t | 29thof 181 | 7thof 37 |
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Norway compared with its neighbours
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Norway · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Total area: Kartverket, with Svalbard and Jan Mayen · Official total, used instead of the World Bank figure, which also counts coastal or internal sea waters.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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