Paraguay is 1.05× the size of Norway

Paraguay covers about 400,000 km² (154,000 mi²) and Norway about 382,000 km² (147,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

400,000km²Paraguay
382,000km²Norway

500 km

Paraguay
Norway

What fits

Norway is 96% of the size of Paraguay.
Paraguay is larger by 17,900 km² (6,910 mi²), which is 4.7% of the area of Norway.
Measured in Belgiums: Paraguay is about 13.0, Norway about 12.5.

How they differ

Paraguay also has the larger population: 6.8 million against 5.6 million, 1.21× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 17 in Paraguay against 15 in Norway: Paraguay is 1.16× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Norway looks larger than Paraguay: Paraguay at 23°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Norway at 66°N about 6.2×, so the map shows Norway as 5.03× the size of Paraguay, when Paraguay is 1.05× the size of Norway.
Together Paraguay and Norway cover 782,000 km², close to the size of Turkey (780,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 17,900 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
At Norway's density, Paraguay would have 5.9 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Paraguay's density, Norway would have 6.5 million (it has 5.6 million).
Norway's centre is 89.6° of latitude, about 9,960 km, farther north than Paraguay's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Paraguay	1.05×
More people	Paraguay	1.21×
More crowded	Paraguay	1.16×
Farther north	Norway	89.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Norway	6.2× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Paraguay	Norway
Belgium 30,700 km²	13.0×	12.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.64×	1.57×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.12×	1.07×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.07×	1.02×
France 548,000 km²	0.73×	0.70×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
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

	Paraguay	Norway
Area, main territory	400,000 km²154,000 mi²	382,000 km²147,000 mi²
Population	6.8 millionWikidata, 2017	5.6 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	17 per km²	15 per km²
Official area	407,000 km²Wikidata	385,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Asunción	Oslo
Latitude range	28°S to 19°S	58°N to 81°N
Continent	South America	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2026, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 407,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 400,000 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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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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