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Surface area — Norway

Surface area in Norway in 2023 — 624,500 km². Ranked 43 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 62.1%.

2023 624,500 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 43of 215
Period maximum 625,222 km²2014
Period minimum 385,178 km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Norway, 1961–2023300,000400,000500,000600,000700,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 385,178 km²1963: 385,178 km²1965: 385,178 km²1967: 385,178 km²1969: 385,178 km²1971: 385,178 km²1973: 385,178 km²1975: 385,178 km²1977: 385,178 km²1979: 385,178 km²1981: 385,178 km²1983: 385,178 km²1985: 385,178 km²1987: 385,178 km²1989: 385,178 km²1991: 385,178 km²1993: 385,178 km²1995: 385,178 km²1997: 385,178 km²1999: 385,178 km²2001: 385,178 km²2003: 385,178 km²2005: 385,178 km²2007: 385,178 km²2009: 385,178 km²2011: 385,178 km²2013: 625,217 km²2015: 625,185 km²2017: 625,217 km²2019: 625,218 km²2021: 624,500 km²2023: 624,500 km²
Change over the period: +239,322 (+62.13%) Average annual rate: 0.78 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Norway

Norway 624,500 km²
World 141M km²
Europe & Central Asia 28.9M km²
Northern Europe computed 2.55M km²
High-income countries computed 60.62M km²
Surface area — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 624,500 +0 +0%
2022 624,500 +0 +0%
2021 624,500 +1 +0%
2020 624,499 −719 −0.11%
2019 625,218 −4 −0%
2018 625,222 +5 +0%
2017 625,217 +23 +0%
2016 625,194 +9 +0%
2015 625,185 −37 −0.01%
2014 625,222 +5 +0%
2013 625,217 +240,039 +62.32%
2012 385,178 +0 +0%
2011 385,178 +0 +0%
2010 385,178 +0 +0%
2009 385,178 +0 +0%
2008 385,178 +0 +0%
2007 385,178 +0 +0%
2006 385,178 +0 +0%
2005 385,178 +0 +0%
2004 385,178 +0 +0%
2003 385,178 +0 +0%
2002 385,178 +0 +0%
2001 385,178 +0 +0%
2000 385,178 +0 +0%
1999 385,178 +0 +0%
1998 385,178 +0 +0%
1997 385,178 +0 +0%
1996 385,178 +0 +0%
1995 385,178 +0 +0%
1994 385,178 +0 +0%
1993 385,178 +0 +0%
1992 385,178 +0 +0%
1991 385,178 +0 +0%
1990 385,178 +0 +0%
1989 385,178 +0 +0%
1988 385,178 +0 +0%
1987 385,178 +0 +0%
1986 385,178 +0 +0%
1985 385,178 +0 +0%
1984 385,178 +0 +0%
1983 385,178 +0 +0%
1982 385,178 +0 +0%
1981 385,178 +0 +0%
1980 385,178 +0 +0%
1979 385,178 +0 +0%
1978 385,178 +0 +0%
1977 385,178 +0 +0%
1976 385,178 +0 +0%
1975 385,178 +0 +0%
1974 385,178 +0 +0%
1973 385,178 +0 +0%
1972 385,178 +0 +0%
1971 385,178 +0 +0%
1970 385,178 +0 +0%
1969 385,178 +0 +0%
1968 385,178 +0 +0%
1967 385,178 +0 +0%
1966 385,178 +0 +0%
1965 385,178 +0 +0%
1964 385,178 +0 +0%
1963 385,178 +0 +0%
1962 385,178 +0 +0%
1961 385,178 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NO Norway 624,500 SE Sweden 528,660 GL Greenland 410,450 FI Finland 338,480 GB United Kingdom 243,610 IS Iceland 103,000 IE Ireland 70,280 LT Lithuania 65,290 LV Latvia 64,590 EE Estonia 45,340 DK Denmark 42,920 FO Faroe Islands 12,960 IM Isle of Man 570
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About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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