Norway is 1.27× the size of Italy

Norway covers about 382,000 km² (147,000 mi²) and Italy about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

382,000km²Norway
301,000km²Italy

500 km

Norway
Italy

What fits

Italy is 79% of the size of Norway.
Norway is larger by 80,800 km² (31,200 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Italy.
Measured in Belgiums: Norway is about 12.5, Italy about 9.82.

How they differ

Norway is larger, but Italy has the larger population: 58.9 million against 5.6 million, 10.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 15 in Norway: Italy is 13.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,630 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Norway at 66°N is drawn about 6.2× too large and Italy at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Norway as 4.27× the size of Italy instead of 1.27×.
Together Norway and Italy cover 683,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 2.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 80,800 km², is about the size of Czechia (78,800 km²).
At Italy's density, Norway would have 74.7 million people (it has 5.6 million). At Norway's density, Italy would have 4.4 million (it has 58.9 million).
Norway's centre is 23.7° of latitude, about 2,630 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Norway	1.27×
More people	Italy	10.5×
More crowded	Italy	13.3×
Farther north	Norway	23.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Norway	6.2× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Norway	Italy
Belgium 30,700 km²	12.5×	9.82×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.57×	1.24×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.07×	0.84×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.02×	0.81×
France 548,000 km²	0.70×	0.55×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.12×	0.10×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
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	Italy
Area, main territory	382,000 km²147,000 mi²	301,000 km²116,000 mi²
Population	5.6 millionWikidata, 2026	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	15 per km²	195 per km²
Official area	385,000 km²Wikidata	302,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Oslo	Rome
Latitude range	58°N to 81°N	35°N to 47°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2023, 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 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 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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