Norway is 1.07× the size of Germany

Norway covers about 382,000 km² (147,000 mi²) and Germany about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

382,000km²Norway
358,000km²Germany

500 km

Norway
Germany

What fits

Germany is 94% of the size of Norway.
Norway is larger by 24,300 km² (9,400 mi²), which is 6.8% of the area of Germany.
Measured in Belgiums: Norway is about 12.5, Germany about 11.7.

How they differ

Norway is larger, but Germany has the larger population: 83.5 million against 5.6 million, 14.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 15 in Norway: Germany is 15.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,710 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Norway at 66°N is drawn about 6.2× too large and Germany at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Norway as 2.63× the size of Germany instead of 1.07×.
Together Norway and Germany cover 740,000 km², close to the size of Chile (736,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 24,300 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
At Germany's density, Norway would have 89.2 million people (it has 5.6 million). At Norway's density, Germany would have 5.3 million (it has 83.5 million).
Norway's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,710 km, farther north than Germany's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Norway	1.07×
More people	Germany	14.8×
More crowded	Germany	15.8×
Farther north	Norway	15.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Norway	6.2× against 2.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Norway	Germany
Belgium 30,700 km²	12.5×	11.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.57×	1.47×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.02×	0.96×
France 548,000 km²	0.70×	0.65×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.12×	0.11×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Norway	Germany
Area, main territory	382,000 km²147,000 mi²	358,000 km²138,000 mi²
Population	5.6 millionWikidata, 2026	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	15 per km²	233 per km²
Official area	385,000 km²Wikidata	358,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Oslo	Berlin
Latitude range	58°N to 81°N	47°N to 55°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. 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 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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