Norway vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 62nd vs. 78th).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Norway and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Norway and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Norway

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Norway	United Kingdom
1960	$5,197,398,721	$73,233,967,692
1961	$5,669,689,210	$77,741,965,703
1962	$6,107,076,929	$81,247,564,157
1963	$6,553,269,536	$86,561,961,812
1964	$7,206,522,122	$94,407,558,351
1965	$8,111,945,661	$101,824,755,079
1966	$8,753,940,267	$108,572,752,102
1967	$9,577,383,653	$113,116,888,211
1968	$10,227,087,165	$107,759,910,068
1969	$11,136,187,440	$116,464,702,803
1970	$12,814,123,115	$130,671,946,244
1971	$14,583,114,840	$148,113,896,325
1972	$17,358,610,850	$169,965,034,965
1973	$22,534,253,703	$192,537,971,583
1974	$27,145,693,810	$206,131,369,799
1975	$32,877,805,200	$241,756,637,168
1976	$35,942,270,686	$232,614,555,256
1977	$41,508,030,431	$263,066,457,352
1978	$46,522,900,254	$335,883,029,722
1979	$53,132,244,624	$438,994,070,309
1980	$64,439,382,896	$564,947,710,899
1981	$63,596,654,761	$540,765,675,241
1982	$62,647,195,538	$515,048,916,841
1983	$61,627,240,831	$489,618,008,186
1984	$62,057,955,033	$461,487,097,632
1985	$65,416,879,914	$489,285,164,271
1986	$78,693,118,044	$601,452,653,181
1987	$94,229,907,236	$745,162,608,269
1988	$101,900,260,856	$910,122,732,124
1989	$102,633,934,391	$926,884,816,754
1990	$119,791,843,060	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$121,872,464,483	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$130,838,040,068	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$120,579,213,713	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$127,131,319,429	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$152,029,612,325	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$163,520,109,151	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$161,356,631,888	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$154,230,295,158	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$162,383,706,021	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$171,457,201,936	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$174,239,354,071	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$195,914,852,576	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$229,385,469,337	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$265,268,662,473	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$309,978,579,744	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$346,915,160,682	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$402,643,260,488	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$464,917,553,191	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$387,976,400,617	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$431,052,143,940	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$501,360,549,669	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$512,777,309,841	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$526,014,468,085	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$501,736,471,833	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$388,159,512,246	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$370,956,547,619	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$401,745,275,035	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$439,788,625,884	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$408,742,840,909	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$367,633,418,887	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$503,367,986,030	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$596,297,651,036	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$482,949,731,777	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$483,727,398,216	$3,643,834,188,783

Norway and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Norway

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Norway	United Kingdom
1960	$1,451	$1,398
1961	$1,571	$1,472
1962	$1,678	$1,526
1963	$1,787	$1,613
1964	$1,951	$1,748
1965	$2,179	$1,874
1966	$2,333	$1,987
1967	$2,531	$2,059
1968	$2,680	$1,952
1969	$2,894	$2,101
1970	$3,306	$2,348
1971	$3,736	$2,650
1972	$4,414	$3,030
1973	$5,690	$3,426
1974	$6,812	$3,666
1975	$8,204	$4,300
1976	$8,927	$4,138
1977	$10,266	$4,681
1978	$11,463	$5,977
1979	$13,047	$7,805
1980	$15,772	$10,032
1981	$15,513	$9,599
1982	$15,225	$9,146
1983	$14,928	$8,692
1984	$14,989	$8,179
1985	$15,754	$8,652
1986	$18,883	$10,611
1987	$22,506	$13,119
1988	$24,207	$15,987
1989	$24,281	$16,239
1990	$28,243	$19,095
1991	$28,597	$19,901
1992	$30,524	$20,487
1993	$27,964	$18,389
1994	$29,316	$19,709
1995	$34,876	$23,169
1996	$37,322	$24,406
1997	$36,629	$26,766
1998	$34,803	$28,275
1999	$36,393	$28,762
2000	$38,178	$28,281
2001	$38,602	$27,907
2002	$43,171	$30,078
2003	$50,250	$34,443
2004	$57,769	$40,367
2005	$67,047	$42,105
2006	$74,434	$44,512
2007	$85,502	$50,398
2008	$97,504	$47,396
2009	$80,348	$38,744
2010	$88,163	$39,599
2011	$101,222	$42,110
2012	$102,176	$42,490
2013	$103,554	$43,419
2014	$97,667	$47,427
2015	$74,810	$44,984
2016	$70,867	$40,988
2017	$76,132	$40,629
2018	$82,793	$43,315
2019	$76,431	$42,794
2020	$68,340	$40,405
2021	$93,073	$46,926
2022	$109,270	$46,063
2023	$87,497	$49,201
2024	$86,810	$52,637

Norway vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Norway

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Norway	United Kingdom
1950	71.6	68.6
1951	72.5	68.2
1952	72.7	69.5
1953	73.1	69.8
1954	73.2	70.2
1955	73.4	70.1
1956	73.5	70.4
1957	73.4	70.5
1958	73.4	70.7
1959	73.6	70.8
1960	73.6	71
1961	73.6	70.8
1962	73.5	70.9
1963	73.1	70.8
1964	73.6	71.5
1965	73.7	71.5
1966	74	71.4
1967	74.1	72.1
1968	73.9	71.7
1969	73.7	71.7
1970	74.1	71.9
1971	74.2	72.2
1972	74.3	72
1973	74.4	72.2
1974	74.8	72.4
1975	74.8	72.7
1976	75	72.6
1977	75.4	73.1
1978	75.4	73
1979	75.4	73.2
1980	75.7	73.6
1981	75.9	73.9
1982	76	74
1983	76.1	74.3
1984	76.2	74.7
1985	75.9	74.5
1986	76.3	74.8
1987	76.1	75.1
1988	76.3	75.3
1989	76.5	75.4
1990	76.6	75.7
1991	77	75.9
1992	77.2	76.3
1993	77.2	76.2
1994	77.8	76.7
1995	77.8	76.6
1996	78.2	76.9
1997	78.2	77.1
1998	78.4	77.3
1999	78.4	77.4
2000	78.7	77.8
2001	78.9	78.1
2002	79	78.2
2003	79.5	78.3
2004	80	78.9
2005	80.2	79.1
2006	80.4	79.3
2007	80.5	79.5
2008	80.7	79.7
2009	80.9	80.2
2010	81	80.4
2011	81.2	80.8
2012	81.4	80.9
2013	81.7	80.9
2014	82.1	81.2
2015	82.3	80.9
2016	82.4	81.1
2017	82.6	81.2
2018	82.8	81.1
2019	83	81.4
2020	83.2	80.4
2021	83.2	80.7
2022	82.6	81.1
2023	83.3	81.3
2024	83.5	81.4
2025	83.6	81.6

Norway and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Norway

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Norway	United Kingdom
1960	3,581,239	52,400,000
1961	3,609,800	52,800,000
1962	3,638,918	53,250,000
1963	3,666,537	53,650,000
1964	3,694,339	54,000,000
1965	3,723,168	54,348,050
1966	3,753,012	54,648,500
1967	3,784,539	54,943,600
1968	3,816,486	55,211,700
1969	3,847,707	55,441,750
1970	3,875,763	55,663,250
1971	3,903,039	55,896,223
1972	3,933,004	56,086,065
1973	3,960,612	56,194,527
1974	3,985,258	56,229,974
1975	4,007,313	56,225,800
1976	4,026,152	56,211,968
1977	4,043,205	56,193,492
1978	4,058,671	56,196,504
1979	4,072,517	56,246,951
1980	4,085,620	56,314,216
1981	4,099,702	56,333,829
1982	4,114,787	56,313,641
1983	4,128,432	56,332,848
1984	4,140,099	56,422,072
1985	4,152,516	56,550,268
1986	4,167,354	56,681,396
1987	4,186,905	56,802,050
1988	4,209,488	56,928,327
1989	4,226,901	57,076,711
1990	4,241,473	57,247,586
1991	4,261,732	57,424,897
1992	4,286,401	57,580,402
1993	4,311,991	57,718,614
1994	4,336,613	57,865,745
1995	4,359,184	58,019,030
1996	4,381,336	58,166,950
1997	4,405,157	58,316,954
1998	4,431,464	58,487,141
1999	4,461,913	58,682,466
2000	4,490,967	58,892,514
2001	4,513,751	59,119,673
2002	4,538,159	59,370,479
2003	4,564,855	59,647,577
2004	4,591,910	59,987,905
2005	4,623,291	60,401,206
2006	4,660,677	60,846,820
2007	4,709,153	61,322,463
2008	4,768,212	61,806,995
2009	4,828,726	62,276,270
2010	4,889,252	62,766,365
2011	4,953,088	63,258,810
2012	5,018,573	63,711,000
2013	5,079,623	64,139,000
2014	5,137,232	64,620,000
2015	5,188,607	65,088,000
2016	5,234,519	65,607,000
2017	5,276,968	65,966,000
2018	5,311,916	66,289,000
2019	5,347,896	66,631,000
2020	5,379,475	66,744,000
2021	5,408,320	66,984,000
2022	5,457,127	67,604,000
2023	5,519,594	68,492,000
2024	5,572,272	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Norway and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Norway

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	United Kingdom
1960	2.85	2.69
1961	2.94	2.78
1962	2.91	2.86
1963	2.93	2.88
1964	2.98	2.93
1965	2.94	2.86
1966	2.9	2.78
1967	2.81	2.68
1968	2.75	2.6
1969	2.7	2.51
1970	2.5	2.44
1971	2.49	2.41
1972	2.38	2.2
1973	2.23	2.04
1974	2.13	1.92
1975	1.98	1.81
1976	1.86	1.74
1977	1.75	1.69
1978	1.77	1.75
1979	1.75	1.86
1980	1.72	1.9
1981	1.7	1.82
1982	1.71	1.78
1983	1.66	1.77
1984	1.66	1.77
1985	1.68	1.79
1986	1.71	1.78
1987	1.74	1.81
1988	1.84	1.82
1989	1.89	1.79
1990	1.93	1.83
1991	1.92	1.82
1992	1.88	1.79
1993	1.86	1.76
1994	1.87	1.74
1995	1.87	1.71
1996	1.89	1.73
1997	1.86	1.72
1998	1.81	1.71
1999	1.85	1.68
2000	1.85	1.64
2001	1.78	1.63
2002	1.75	1.63
2003	1.8	1.7
2004	1.83	1.75
2005	1.84	1.76
2006	1.9	1.82
2007	1.9	1.86
2008	1.96	1.91
2009	1.98	1.89
2010	1.95	1.92
2011	1.88	1.91
2012	1.85	1.92
2013	1.78	1.83
2014	1.75	1.81
2015	1.72	1.8
2016	1.71	1.79
2017	1.62	1.74
2018	1.56	1.68
2019	1.53	1.63
2020	1.48	1.57
2021	1.55	1.58
2022	1.41	1.56
2023	1.4	1.56

Norway and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Norway

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Norway	United Kingdom
1960	34.3	35.5
1961	34.4	35.4
1962	34.4	35.3
1963	34.3	35.3
1964	34.2	35.2
1965	34.1	35.1
1966	33.9	34.9
1967	33.7	34.8
1968	33.5	34.6
1969	33.2	34.4
1970	32.9	34.2
1971	32.7	34.1
1972	32.5	34
1973	32.4	34
1974	32.4	34
1975	32.5	34
1976	32.6	34
1977	32.7	34.1
1978	32.9	34.2
1979	33.1	34.3
1980	33.3	34.4
1981	33.6	34.5
1982	33.9	34.8
1983	34.1	35
1984	34.4	35.2
1985	34.6	35.3
1986	34.8	35.4
1987	34.9	35.4
1988	35.1	35.7
1989	35.2	35.9
1990	35.4	36
1991	35.5	36.1
1992	35.7	36.2
1993	35.8	36.3
1994	35.9	36.5
1995	36.1	36.6
1996	36.2	36.8
1997	36.4	37
1998	36.5	37.2
1999	36.7	37.4
2000	36.9	37.7
2001	37.1	37.9
2002	37.3	38.1
2003	37.5	38.2
2004	37.7	38.4
2005	37.9	38.5
2006	38.1	38.6
2007	38.3	38.8
2008	38.4	38.9
2009	38.5	39
2010	38.6	39.2
2011	38.7	39.3
2012	38.8	39.5
2013	38.9	39.6
2014	39	39.7
2015	39.2	39.8
2016	39.3	39.8
2017	39.4	39.9
2018	39.6	40
2019	39.8	40.1
2020	40	40.2
2021	40.3	40.3
2022	40.4	40.5
2023	40.5	40.8
2024	40.7	41

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