Norway is 244× the size of Bangkok
Norway (Europe) covers about 382,000 km² (147,000 mi²) and Bangkok (special administrative area of Thailand) about 1,560 km² (604 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 382,000km²Norway
- 1,560km²Bangkok
500 km
- Norway
- Bangkok
What fits
- Bangkok fits inside Norway about 244 times by area.
- Norway is larger by 380,000 km² (147,000 mi²), which is 24,329% of the area of Bangkok.
- Measured in Belgiums: Norway is about 12.5, Bangkok about 0.05.
How they differ
- Norway is larger, but Bangkok has the larger population: 5.7 million against 5.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,630 in Bangkok against 15 in Norway: Bangkok is 246× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,510 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Norway at 66°N is drawn about 6.2× too large and Bangkok at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Norway as 1,437× the size of Bangkok instead of 244×.
- Together Norway and Bangkok cover 384,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 380,000 km², is about the size of Japan (374,000 km²).
- At Bangkok's density, Norway would have 1.39 billion people (it has 5.6 million). At Norway's density, Bangkok would have 23,000 (it has 5.7 million).
- Norway's centre is 52.6° of latitude, about 5,850 km, farther north than Bangkok's.
- Norway ranks 63rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Bangkok is the 69th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Norway lies about 53° of latitude (roughly 5,850 km) north of Bangkok.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Norway would have about 67,890 m² and each person in Bangkok about 280 m².
- Laid side by side, Norway and Bangkok would cover 384,000 km², about the same size as Zimbabwe.
- Together they have 11.3 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.
- Bangkok is drawn from 40 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Bangkok would rank 183rd by area and 116th by population.
Side by side
| Norway | Bangkok | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | Special administrative areaThailand |
| Area, measured | 382,000 km²147,000 mi² | 1,560 km²604 mi² |
| Official area | 385,000 km²Wikidata | 1,570 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 62nd of 239worldwide | 69th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 5.6 millionWikidata, 2026 | 5.7 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Rank by population | 117th of 237worldwide | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 15 per km² | 3,630 per km² |
| Capital | Oslo | – |
| Latitude range | 58°N to 81°N | 13°N to 14°N |
Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2018. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 385,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 382,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,570 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,560 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12