Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.06× the size of Norway

What fits

• Norway is 95% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 21,300 km² (8,230 mi²), which is 5.6% of the area of Norway.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Norway about 12.5.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Norway has the larger population: 5.6 million against 511,000, 11.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 15 in Norway against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Norway is 11.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,100 km apart.
• On a standard web map Norway looks larger than Newfoundland and Labrador: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Norway at 66°N about 6.2×, so the map shows Norway as 2.17× the size of Newfoundland and Labrador, when Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.06× the size of Norway.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Norway cover 785,000 km², close to the size of Mozambique (788,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 21,300 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
• At Norway's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 5.9 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Norway would have 484,000 (it has 5.6 million).
• Norway's centre is 13.7° of latitude, about 1,520 km, farther north than Newfoundland and Labrador's.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Norway ranks 63rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Norway lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,520 km) north of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Norway about 67,890 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Norway would cover 785,000 km², about the same size as Mozambique.
• Together they have 6.1 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
• Counted as a country, Newfoundland and Labrador would rank 60th by area and 173rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 385,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 382,000 km², to within 2%.

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