Total & land area: Australia vs Norway size comparison

Australia is 20 times bigger by total area compared to Norway: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 148,729 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 140,645 sq mi for Norway — a 21.1 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 61/197 for Norway.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.24% for Norway.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 2.7% in Norway.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Norway has 0.02%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 33.5% in Norway.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.3% are in Norway.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Norway

See how Australia and Norway compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Australia	Norway
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	148,729 sq mi
Size difference ratio	20	1
Total area rank	6/197	61/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.08%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	140,645 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	21.1	1
Land area rank	6/197	62/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.24%
Population	27,196,812	5,572,279
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	40.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Norway
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	47,118 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	33.5%
Forest area rank	6/196	50/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.3%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	3,792 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	2.7%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	141/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.02%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	3,100 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	2.2%
Arable land area rank	10/191	114/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	0.008%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	169/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	8,084 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	5.44%
Water area rank	152/197	27/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	60,737 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,594 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	15,626 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	1%

Australia vs Norway size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Australia and Norway but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.