Finland and Norway are Nordic countries located in Northern Europe. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Finland and Norway regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Finland bigger than Norway?
The total area of Finland is 338,455 sq km, and the total area of Norway is 385,207 sq km. Finland is smaller than Norway by 46,752 sq km. Finland is around 1.14 times smaller than Norway.
Area of Finland: 130,678 sq mi ( 338,455 km2 )
Area of Norway: 148,729 sq mi ( 385,207 km2 )
Population
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Finland as of 25th March 2022, is estimated to be around 5,555,551.
According to the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Norway as of 25th March 2022, is estimated to be around 5,495,360.
Here is some more data comparison between Finland and Norway.
The capital of Finland is Helsinki, and the capital city of Norway is Oslo.
Official Languages
Finland : Finnish, Swedish
Norway: Norwegian
Demonym(s)
Finland: Finnish, Finn
Norway: Norwegian
ISO 3166 Code
Finland: FI
Norway: NO
Human Development Index
HDI of Finland as of 2019: 0.938
HDI of Norway as of 2019: 0.957
Finland Time Zone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Norway Time Zone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Finland:
64° 0′ 0″ N, 26° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Norway:
61° 0′ 0″ N, 8° 0′ 0″ E
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