Norway vs Zambia statistics compared

Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 62nd vs. 37th).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Norway and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Norway and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Norway

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Norway	Zambia
1960	$5,197,398,721	$698,739,721
1961	$5,669,689,210	$682,359,727
1962	$6,107,076,929	$679,279,729
1963	$6,553,269,536	$704,339,719
1964	$7,206,522,122	$822,639,671
1965	$8,111,945,661	$1,061,199,576
1966	$8,753,940,267	$1,238,999,505
1967	$9,577,383,653	$1,340,639,464
1968	$10,227,087,165	$1,573,739,371
1969	$11,136,187,440	$1,926,399,230
1970	$12,814,123,115	$1,788,779,285
1971	$14,583,114,840	$1,653,259,341
1972	$17,358,610,850	$1,872,416,680
1973	$22,534,253,703	$2,434,255,237
1974	$27,145,693,810	$2,910,981,262
1975	$32,877,805,200	$2,442,672,141
1976	$35,942,270,686	$2,742,859,263
1977	$41,508,030,431	$2,515,296,940
1978	$46,522,900,254	$2,811,032,473
1979	$53,132,244,624	$3,353,445,378
1980	$64,439,382,896	$3,884,530,854
1981	$63,596,654,761	$4,008,126,497
1982	$62,647,195,538	$3,871,117,093
1983	$61,627,240,831	$3,321,048,451
1984	$62,057,955,033	$2,719,518,933
1985	$65,416,879,914	$2,252,454,500
1986	$78,693,118,044	$1,664,413,508
1987	$94,229,907,236	$2,265,250,972
1988	$101,900,260,856	$3,728,878,149
1989	$102,633,934,391	$3,994,673,161
1990	$119,791,843,060	$3,288,381,797
1991	$121,872,464,483	$3,376,806,697
1992	$130,838,040,068	$3,182,810,841
1993	$120,579,213,713	$3,273,505,344
1994	$127,131,319,429	$3,656,806,166
1995	$152,029,612,325	$3,806,983,413
1996	$163,520,109,151	$3,597,220,962
1997	$161,356,631,888	$4,303,288,480
1998	$154,230,295,158	$3,537,741,942
1999	$162,383,706,021	$3,404,284,891
2000	$171,457,201,936	$3,600,632,111
2001	$174,239,354,071	$4,094,441,301
2002	$195,914,852,576	$4,193,850,445
2003	$229,385,469,337	$4,901,869,764
2004	$265,268,662,473	$6,221,110,219
2005	$309,978,579,744	$8,331,870,169
2006	$346,915,160,682	$12,756,858,899
2007	$402,643,260,488	$14,056,957,976
2008	$464,917,553,191	$17,910,858,638
2009	$387,976,400,617	$15,328,342,304
2010	$431,052,143,940	$20,265,559,484
2011	$501,360,549,669	$23,459,515,276
2012	$512,777,309,841	$25,503,060,420
2013	$526,014,468,085	$28,037,239,463
2014	$501,736,471,833	$27,141,023,558
2015	$388,159,512,246	$21,251,216,799
2016	$370,956,547,619	$20,958,412,538
2017	$401,745,275,035	$25,873,601,261
2018	$439,788,625,884	$26,311,507,274
2019	$408,742,840,909	$23,308,667,781
2020	$367,633,418,887	$18,137,764,931
2021	$503,367,986,030	$22,096,416,932
2022	$596,297,651,036	$29,163,782,140
2023	$482,949,731,777	$27,577,956,471
2024	$483,727,398,216	$26,325,775,287

Norway and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Norway

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Norway	Zambia
1960	$1,451	$221.6
1961	$1,571	$209.7
1962	$1,678	$202.3
1963	$1,787	$203.2
1964	$1,951	$230
1965	$2,179	$287.4
1966	$2,333	$325
1967	$2,531	$341
1968	$2,680	$387
1969	$2,894	$459
1970	$3,306	$414
1971	$3,736	$372
1972	$4,414	$410
1973	$5,690	$518
1974	$6,812	$601
1975	$8,204	$490
1976	$8,927	$533
1977	$10,266	$474
1978	$11,463	$514
1979	$13,047	$595
1980	$15,772	$669
1981	$15,513	$670
1982	$15,225	$627
1983	$14,928	$520
1984	$14,989	$413
1985	$15,754	$332
1986	$18,883	$238.2
1987	$22,506	$315
1988	$24,207	$504
1989	$24,281	$526
1990	$28,243	$422
1991	$28,597	$423
1992	$30,524	$389
1993	$27,964	$391
1994	$29,316	$426
1995	$34,876	$433
1996	$37,322	$400
1997	$36,629	$466
1998	$34,803	$373
1999	$36,393	$350
2000	$38,178	$359
2001	$38,602	$397
2002	$43,171	$394
2003	$50,250	$446
2004	$57,769	$549
2005	$67,047	$711
2006	$74,434	$1,052
2007	$85,502	$1,119
2008	$97,504	$1,376
2009	$80,348	$1,136
2010	$88,163	$1,451
2011	$101,222	$1,625
2012	$102,176	$1,710
2013	$103,554	$1,821
2014	$97,667	$1,707
2015	$74,810	$1,296
2016	$70,867	$1,239
2017	$76,132	$1,483
2018	$82,793	$1,464
2019	$76,431	$1,259
2020	$68,340	$952
2021	$93,073	$1,127
2022	$109,270	$1,447
2023	$87,497	$1,331
2024	$86,810	$1,235

Norway vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Norway

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Norway	Zambia
1950	71.6	46.8
1951	72.5	47.2
1952	72.7	47.6
1953	73.1	48
1954	73.2	48.4
1955	73.4	48.8
1956	73.5	49.1
1957	73.4	49.5
1958	73.4	49.9
1959	73.6	50.3
1960	73.6	50.6
1961	73.6	51
1962	73.5	51.3
1963	73.1	51.6
1964	73.6	51.2
1965	73.7	52.1
1966	74	52.3
1967	74.1	52.5
1968	73.9	52.7
1969	73.7	53
1970	74.1	53.4
1971	74.2	53.9
1972	74.3	54.4
1973	74.4	54.9
1974	74.8	55.4
1975	74.8	55.7
1976	75	56.1
1977	75.4	56.3
1978	75.4	56.3
1979	75.4	56
1980	75.7	55.5
1981	75.9	55
1982	76	54.4
1983	76.1	53.7
1984	76.2	52.9
1985	75.9	52
1986	76.3	51.1
1987	76.1	50.4
1988	76.3	49.7
1989	76.5	48.9
1990	76.6	48.2
1991	77	47.4
1992	77.2	47
1993	77.2	46.7
1994	77.8	46.3
1995	77.8	46.1
1996	78.2	45.8
1997	78.2	45.7
1998	78.4	45.7
1999	78.4	45.9
2000	78.7	46.6
2001	78.9	47.4
2002	79	48.5
2003	79.5	49.6
2004	80	50.5
2005	80.2	51.6
2006	80.4	52.7
2007	80.5	53.7
2008	80.7	54.8
2009	80.9	55.9
2010	81	56.9
2011	81.2	57.8
2012	81.4	58.7
2013	81.7	59.4
2014	82.1	60.1
2015	82.3	60.7
2016	82.4	61.1
2017	82.6	61.6
2018	82.8	62.1
2019	83	62.9
2020	83.2	63.4
2021	83.2	62.4
2022	82.6	65.3
2023	83.3	66.3
2024	83.5	66.5
2025	83.6	66.7

Norway and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Norway

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Norway	Zambia
1960	3,581,239	3,153,729
1961	3,609,800	3,254,086
1962	3,638,918	3,358,099
1963	3,666,537	3,465,907
1964	3,694,339	3,577,017
1965	3,723,168	3,692,086
1966	3,753,012	3,812,003
1967	3,784,539	3,936,343
1968	3,816,486	4,065,593
1969	3,847,707	4,197,116
1970	3,875,763	4,321,718
1971	3,903,039	4,442,525
1972	3,933,004	4,569,309
1973	3,960,612	4,702,693
1974	3,985,258	4,842,746
1975	4,007,313	4,990,086
1976	4,026,152	5,143,842
1977	4,043,205	5,302,480
1978	4,058,671	5,465,374
1979	4,072,517	5,631,728
1980	4,085,620	5,802,833
1981	4,099,702	5,983,289
1982	4,114,787	6,178,637
1983	4,128,432	6,381,038
1984	4,140,099	6,580,490
1985	4,152,516	6,780,953
1986	4,167,354	6,986,471
1987	4,186,905	7,191,282
1988	4,209,488	7,391,440
1989	4,226,901	7,589,216
1990	4,241,473	7,786,169
1991	4,261,732	7,981,650
1992	4,286,401	8,176,680
1993	4,311,991	8,373,921
1994	4,336,613	8,576,269
1995	4,359,184	8,785,763
1996	4,381,336	9,004,053
1997	4,405,157	9,237,063
1998	4,431,464	9,482,408
1999	4,461,913	9,740,005
2000	4,490,967	10,017,631
2001	4,513,751	10,325,185
2002	4,538,159	10,647,949
2003	4,564,855	10,983,595
2004	4,591,910	11,338,198
2005	4,623,291	11,718,819
2006	4,660,677	12,129,553
2007	4,709,153	12,565,085
2008	4,768,212	13,021,324
2009	4,828,726	13,490,389
2010	4,889,252	13,965,594
2011	4,953,088	14,437,796
2012	5,018,573	14,913,629
2013	5,079,623	15,398,997
2014	5,137,232	15,895,315
2015	5,188,607	16,399,089
2016	5,234,519	16,914,423
2017	5,276,968	17,441,320
2018	5,311,916	17,973,569
2019	5,347,896	18,513,839
2020	5,379,475	19,059,395
2021	5,408,320	19,603,607
2022	5,457,127	20,152,938
2023	5,519,594	20,723,965
2024	5,572,272	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Norway and Zambia

Fertility rate

Norway

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	Zambia
1960	2.85	6.95
1961	2.94	6.98
1962	2.91	7.01
1963	2.93	7.06
1964	2.98	7.09
1965	2.94	7.12
1966	2.9	7.14
1967	2.81	7.15
1968	2.75	7.18
1969	2.7	7.18
1970	2.5	7.22
1971	2.49	7.26
1972	2.38	7.3
1973	2.23	7.34
1974	2.13	7.36
1975	1.98	7.42
1976	1.86	7.39
1977	1.75	7.35
1978	1.77	7.29
1979	1.75	7.22
1980	1.72	7.14
1981	1.7	7.07
1982	1.71	7.04
1983	1.66	7.01
1984	1.66	6.97
1985	1.68	6.93
1986	1.71	6.87
1987	1.74	6.8
1988	1.84	6.7
1989	1.89	6.64
1990	1.93	6.57
1991	1.92	6.46
1992	1.88	6.35
1993	1.86	6.3
1994	1.87	6.26
1995	1.87	6.23
1996	1.89	6.18
1997	1.86	6.12
1998	1.81	6.07
1999	1.85	6
2000	1.85	5.92
2001	1.78	5.85
2002	1.75	5.77
2003	1.8	5.71
2004	1.83	5.7
2005	1.84	5.7
2006	1.9	5.68
2007	1.9	5.61
2008	1.96	5.53
2009	1.98	5.45
2010	1.95	5.36
2011	1.88	5.26
2012	1.85	5.14
2013	1.78	5.01
2014	1.75	4.89
2015	1.72	4.78
2016	1.71	4.67
2017	1.62	4.57
2018	1.56	4.49
2019	1.53	4.42
2020	1.48	4.32
2021	1.55	4.25
2022	1.41	4.18
2023	1.4	4.1

Norway and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Norway

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Norway	Zambia
1960	34.3	17
1961	34.4	16.9
1962	34.4	16.8
1963	34.3	16.7
1964	34.2	16.6
1965	34.1	16.6
1966	33.9	16.5
1967	33.7	16.5
1968	33.5	16.4
1969	33.2	16.4
1970	32.9	16.2
1971	32.7	16.1
1972	32.5	15.9
1973	32.4	15.8
1974	32.4	15.7
1975	32.5	15.5
1976	32.6	15.4
1977	32.7	15.4
1978	32.9	15.3
1979	33.1	15.3
1980	33.3	15.2
1981	33.6	15.3
1982	33.9	15.3
1983	34.1	15.4
1984	34.4	15.4
1985	34.6	15.5
1986	34.8	15.5
1987	34.9	15.6
1988	35.1	15.6
1989	35.2	15.7
1990	35.4	15.7
1991	35.5	15.7
1992	35.7	15.8
1993	35.8	15.8
1994	35.9	15.8
1995	36.1	15.8
1996	36.2	15.8
1997	36.4	15.8
1998	36.5	15.8
1999	36.7	15.8
2000	36.9	15.9
2001	37.1	15.9
2002	37.3	16
2003	37.5	16.1
2004	37.7	16.2
2005	37.9	16.3
2006	38.1	16.3
2007	38.3	16.4
2008	38.4	16.5
2009	38.5	16.6
2010	38.6	16.7
2011	38.7	16.8
2012	38.8	16.9
2013	38.9	17
2014	39	17.1
2015	39.2	17.2
2016	39.3	17.4
2017	39.4	17.5
2018	39.6	17.7
2019	39.8	17.9
2020	40	18
2021	40.3	18.2
2022	40.4	18.4
2023	40.5	18.6
2024	40.7	18.8

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