Total & land area: Belarus vs Norway size comparison [2026]

Norway is 1.86 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 148,729 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Norway is 140,645 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 1.79 times difference in territory size.

Belarus ranks 84/197 by total surface area vs 61/197 for Norway.
Belarus occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.24% for Norway.
39.6% of Belarus' area is agricultural land vs 2.7% in Norway.
Belarus has 0.17% of the world's agricultural land area — Norway has 0.02%.
43.4% of Belarus is covered by forests, compared to 33.5% in Norway.
0.22% of the world's forests are in Belarus, and 0.3% are in Norway.

True size map comparison: Belarus vs Norway

See how Belarus 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

	Belarus	Norway
Total area	80,154 sq mi	148,729 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.86
Total area rank	84/197	61/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.08%
Land area	78,372 sq mi	140,645 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.79
Land area rank	83/197	62/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.24%
Population	9,132,629	5,572,279
Population density	115 ppl/mi²	40.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belarus	Norway
Forest area	34,020 sq mi	47,118 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.4%	33.5%
Forest area rank	57/196	50/196
World's forests share	0.22%	0.3%
Agricultural land area	31,019 sq mi	3,792 sq mi
Agricultural land share	39.6%	2.7%
Agricultural land area rank	78/194	141/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.17%	0.02%
Arable land	21,497 sq mi	3,100 sq mi
Arable land share	27.4%	2.2%
Arable land area rank	45/191	114/191
Permanent cropland	330 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	0.008%
Permanent cropland area rank	105/192	169/192
Water area	1,781 sq mi	8,084 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.22%	5.44%
Water area rank	66/197	27/197
Roads length	n/a	60,737 mi
Land borders length	2,236 mi	1,594 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	15,626 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	1%

Belarus 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 Belarus 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.