Norway vs Switzerland statistics compared

Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 62nd vs. 131st).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Norway and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Norway and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Norway

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Norway	Switzerland
1960	$5,197,398,721	$10,412,232,621
1961	$5,669,689,210	$11,713,348,834
1962	$6,107,076,929	$12,989,649,694
1963	$6,553,269,536	$14,283,872,299
1964	$7,206,522,122	$15,833,133,858
1965	$8,111,945,661	$16,780,226,225
1966	$8,753,940,267	$18,019,402,374
1967	$9,577,383,653	$19,397,044,714
1968	$10,227,087,165	$20,712,102,794
1969	$11,136,187,440	$22,442,043,274
1970	$12,814,123,115	$24,998,066,773
1971	$14,583,114,840	$30,040,171,751
1972	$17,358,610,850	$36,844,318,854
1973	$22,534,253,703	$49,550,006,320
1974	$27,145,693,810	$57,103,011,446
1975	$32,877,805,200	$65,466,081,819
1976	$35,942,270,686	$68,476,524,644
1977	$41,508,030,431	$73,135,771,167
1978	$46,522,900,254	$102,280,472,036
1979	$53,132,244,624	$114,970,094,425
1980	$64,439,382,896	$122,557,843,886
1981	$63,596,654,761	$112,244,805,519
1982	$62,647,195,538	$115,043,365,512
1983	$61,627,240,831	$114,634,358,535
1984	$62,057,955,033	$109,455,312,168
1985	$65,416,879,914	$110,980,314,192
1986	$78,693,118,044	$159,089,921,063
1987	$94,229,907,236	$199,236,370,038
1988	$101,900,260,856	$215,540,625,299
1989	$102,633,934,391	$208,105,846,934
1990	$119,791,843,060	$265,763,573,999
1991	$121,872,464,483	$268,901,693,863
1992	$130,838,040,068	$279,921,425,828
1993	$120,579,213,713	$272,237,527,071
1994	$127,131,319,429	$301,375,055,202
1995	$152,029,612,325	$352,835,806,342
1996	$163,520,109,151	$340,103,959,547
1997	$161,356,631,888	$294,788,198,856
1998	$154,230,295,158	$303,459,014,347
1999	$162,383,706,021	$297,873,643,323
2000	$171,457,201,936	$279,216,033,870
2001	$174,239,354,071	$286,582,672,434
2002	$195,914,852,576	$309,301,422,430
2003	$229,385,469,337	$362,075,086,508
2004	$265,268,662,473	$403,912,891,033
2005	$309,978,579,744	$418,284,865,885
2006	$346,915,160,682	$441,634,672,197
2007	$402,643,260,488	$490,740,715,595
2008	$464,917,553,191	$567,267,767,519
2009	$387,976,400,617	$554,212,916,092
2010	$431,052,143,940	$598,851,027,948
2011	$501,360,549,669	$715,888,126,682
2012	$512,777,309,841	$686,420,221,558
2013	$526,014,468,085	$706,234,937,371
2014	$501,736,471,833	$726,537,809,430
2015	$388,159,512,246	$694,118,186,380
2016	$370,956,547,619	$687,895,460,903
2017	$401,745,275,035	$695,200,834,102
2018	$439,788,625,884	$725,568,717,468
2019	$408,742,840,909	$721,369,112,727
2020	$367,633,418,887	$741,999,406,006
2021	$503,367,986,030	$815,309,330,987
2022	$596,297,651,036	$828,508,926,958
2023	$482,949,731,777	$894,424,821,645
2024	$483,727,398,216	$936,564,198,049

Norway and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Norway

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Norway	Switzerland
1960	$1,451	$1,954
1961	$1,571	$2,155
1962	$1,678	$2,330
1963	$1,787	$2,508
1964	$1,951	$2,735
1965	$2,179	$2,865
1966	$2,333	$3,045
1967	$2,531	$3,237
1968	$2,680	$3,413
1969	$2,894	$3,657
1970	$3,306	$4,044
1971	$3,736	$4,835
1972	$4,414	$5,885
1973	$5,690	$7,856
1974	$6,812	$9,005
1975	$8,204	$10,328
1976	$8,927	$10,865
1977	$10,266	$11,644
1978	$11,463	$16,282
1979	$13,047	$18,266
1980	$15,772	$19,394
1981	$15,513	$17,665
1982	$15,225	$18,000
1983	$14,928	$17,859
1984	$14,989	$16,991
1985	$15,754	$17,152
1986	$18,883	$24,460
1987	$22,506	$30,441
1988	$24,207	$32,690
1989	$24,281	$31,309
1990	$28,243	$39,575
1991	$28,597	$39,544
1992	$30,524	$40,714
1993	$27,964	$39,237
1994	$29,316	$43,092
1995	$34,876	$50,114
1996	$37,322	$48,093
1997	$36,629	$41,584
1998	$34,803	$42,681
1999	$36,393	$41,696
2000	$38,178	$38,865
2001	$38,602	$39,639
2002	$43,171	$42,459
2003	$50,250	$49,336
2004	$57,769	$54,659
2005	$67,047	$56,243
2006	$74,434	$59,011
2007	$85,502	$64,989
2008	$97,504	$74,175
2009	$80,348	$71,568
2010	$88,163	$76,531
2011	$101,222	$90,477
2012	$102,176	$85,836
2013	$103,554	$87,304
2014	$97,667	$88,725
2015	$74,810	$83,806
2016	$70,867	$82,153
2017	$76,132	$82,254
2018	$82,793	$85,217
2019	$76,431	$84,122
2020	$68,340	$85,898
2021	$93,073	$93,665
2022	$109,270	$94,395
2023	$87,497	$100,632
2024	$86,810	$103,670

Norway vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Norway

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Norway	Switzerland
1950	71.6	68.9
1951	72.5	68.7
1952	72.7	69.6
1953	73.1	69.5
1954	73.2	70
1955	73.4	70.1
1956	73.5	70.2
1957	73.4	70.5
1958	73.4	71.3
1959	73.6	71.5
1960	73.6	71.4
1961	73.6	71.7
1962	73.5	71.3
1963	73.1	71.3
1964	73.6	72.2
1965	73.7	72.3
1966	74	72.4
1967	74.1	72.7
1968	73.9	72.7
1969	73.7	72.7
1970	74.1	73.1
1971	74.2	73.2
1972	74.3	73.8
1973	74.4	74.1
1974	74.8	74.4
1975	74.8	74.8
1976	75	74.9
1977	75.4	75.4
1978	75.4	75.3
1979	75.4	75.6
1980	75.7	75.6
1981	75.9	75.8
1982	76	76.2
1983	76.1	76.2
1984	76.2	76.8
1985	75.9	76.9
1986	76.3	77
1987	76.1	77.3
1988	76.3	77.4
1989	76.5	77.6
1990	76.6	77.4
1991	77	77.6
1992	77.2	77.9
1993	77.2	78.2
1994	77.8	78.5
1995	77.8	78.6
1996	78.2	79
1997	78.2	79.2
1998	78.4	79.5
1999	78.4	79.7
2000	78.7	79.8
2001	78.9	80.3
2002	79	80.4
2003	79.5	80.5
2004	80	81.1
2005	80.2	81.2
2006	80.4	81.5
2007	80.5	81.7
2008	80.7	82
2009	80.9	82
2010	81	82.3
2011	81.2	82.6
2012	81.4	82.6
2013	81.7	82.7
2014	82.1	83.1
2015	82.3	82.8
2016	82.4	83.4
2017	82.6	83.4
2018	82.8	83.6
2019	83	83.8
2020	83.2	83.1
2021	83.2	83.6
2022	82.6	83.2
2023	83.3	84
2024	83.5	84.1
2025	83.6	84.2

Norway and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Norway

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Norway	Switzerland
1960	3,581,239	5,327,827
1961	3,609,800	5,434,294
1962	3,638,918	5,573,815
1963	3,666,537	5,694,247
1964	3,694,339	5,789,228
1965	3,723,168	5,856,472
1966	3,753,012	5,918,002
1967	3,784,539	5,991,785
1968	3,816,486	6,067,714
1969	3,847,707	6,136,387
1970	3,875,763	6,180,877
1971	3,903,039	6,213,399
1972	3,933,004	6,260,956
1973	3,960,612	6,307,347
1974	3,985,258	6,341,405
1975	4,007,313	6,338,632
1976	4,026,152	6,302,504
1977	4,043,205	6,281,174
1978	4,058,671	6,281,738
1979	4,072,517	6,294,365
1980	4,085,620	6,319,408
1981	4,099,702	6,354,074
1982	4,114,787	6,391,309
1983	4,128,432	6,418,773
1984	4,140,099	6,441,865
1985	4,152,516	6,470,365
1986	4,167,354	6,504,124
1987	4,186,905	6,545,106
1988	4,209,488	6,593,386
1989	4,226,901	6,646,912
1990	4,241,473	6,715,519
1991	4,261,732	6,799,978
1992	4,286,401	6,875,364
1993	4,311,991	6,938,265
1994	4,336,613	6,993,795
1995	4,359,184	7,040,687
1996	4,381,336	7,071,850
1997	4,405,157	7,088,906
1998	4,431,464	7,110,001
1999	4,461,913	7,143,991
2000	4,490,967	7,184,250
2001	4,513,751	7,229,854
2002	4,538,159	7,284,753
2003	4,564,855	7,339,001
2004	4,591,910	7,389,625
2005	4,623,291	7,437,115
2006	4,660,677	7,483,934
2007	4,709,153	7,551,117
2008	4,768,212	7,647,675
2009	4,828,726	7,743,831
2010	4,889,252	7,824,909
2011	4,953,088	7,912,398
2012	5,018,573	7,996,861
2013	5,079,623	8,089,346
2014	5,137,232	8,188,649
2015	5,188,607	8,282,396
2016	5,234,519	8,373,338
2017	5,276,968	8,451,840
2018	5,311,916	8,514,329
2019	5,347,896	8,575,280
2020	5,379,475	8,638,167
2021	5,408,320	8,704,546
2022	5,457,127	8,777,088
2023	5,519,594	8,888,093
2024	5,572,272	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Norway and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Norway

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	Switzerland
1960	2.85	2.44
1961	2.94	2.52
1962	2.91	2.58
1963	2.93	2.65
1964	2.98	2.66
1965	2.94	2.59
1966	2.9	2.5
1967	2.81	2.39
1968	2.75	2.29
1969	2.7	2.19
1970	2.5	2.1
1971	2.49	2.04
1972	2.38	1.91
1973	2.23	1.81
1974	2.13	1.73
1975	1.98	1.61
1976	1.86	1.55
1977	1.75	1.53
1978	1.77	1.51
1979	1.75	1.52
1980	1.72	1.55
1981	1.7	1.55
1982	1.71	1.56
1983	1.66	1.52
1984	1.66	1.53
1985	1.68	1.52
1986	1.71	1.53
1987	1.74	1.52
1988	1.84	1.57
1989	1.89	1.56
1990	1.93	1.58
1991	1.92	1.58
1992	1.88	1.58
1993	1.86	1.51
1994	1.87	1.49
1995	1.87	1.48
1996	1.89	1.5
1997	1.86	1.48
1998	1.81	1.47
1999	1.85	1.48
2000	1.85	1.5
2001	1.78	1.38
2002	1.75	1.39
2003	1.8	1.39
2004	1.83	1.42
2005	1.84	1.42
2006	1.9	1.44
2007	1.9	1.46
2008	1.96	1.48
2009	1.98	1.5
2010	1.95	1.52
2011	1.88	1.52
2012	1.85	1.52
2013	1.78	1.52
2014	1.75	1.54
2015	1.72	1.54
2016	1.71	1.54
2017	1.62	1.52
2018	1.56	1.52
2019	1.53	1.48
2020	1.48	1.46
2021	1.55	1.52
2022	1.41	1.39
2023	1.4	1.33

Norway and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Norway

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Norway	Switzerland
1960	34.3	32.6
1961	34.4	32.4
1962	34.4	32
1963	34.3	31.7
1964	34.2	31.5
1965	34.1	31.6
1966	33.9	31.6
1967	33.7	31.6
1968	33.5	31.7
1969	33.2	31.7
1970	32.9	32
1971	32.7	32.2
1972	32.5	32.3
1973	32.4	32.5
1974	32.4	32.7
1975	32.5	33.1
1976	32.6	33.5
1977	32.7	33.8
1978	32.9	34.2
1979	33.1	34.5
1980	33.3	34.8
1981	33.6	35
1982	33.9	35.3
1983	34.1	35.6
1984	34.4	35.9
1985	34.6	36.1
1986	34.8	36.3
1987	34.9	36.5
1988	35.1	36.7
1989	35.2	36.8
1990	35.4	36.9
1991	35.5	36.9
1992	35.7	36.9
1993	35.8	37
1994	35.9	37.1
1995	36.1	37.3
1996	36.2	37.6
1997	36.4	37.9
1998	36.5	38.2
1999	36.7	38.4
2000	36.9	38.7
2001	37.1	39
2002	37.3	39.3
2003	37.5	39.6
2004	37.7	39.9
2005	37.9	40.3
2006	38.1	40.6
2007	38.3	40.9
2008	38.4	41.1
2009	38.5	41.3
2010	38.6	41.5
2011	38.7	41.6
2012	38.8	41.8
2013	38.9	42
2014	39	42.1
2015	39.2	42.2
2016	39.3	42.3
2017	39.4	42.4
2018	39.6	42.5
2019	39.8	42.6
2020	40	42.7
2021	40.3	42.8
2022	40.4	43
2023	40.5	43.4
2024	40.7	43.7

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