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

Brazil is 22.1 times bigger by total area compared to Norway: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 148,729 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 140,645 sq mi for Norway — a 22.9 times difference in territory size.

Brazil ranks 5/197 by total surface area vs 61/197 for Norway.
Brazil occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.24% for Norway.
28.3% of Brazil's area is agricultural land vs 2.7% in Norway.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area — Norway has 0.02%.
59% of Brazil is covered by forests, compared to 33.5% in Norway.
12.2% of the world's forests are in Brazil, and 0.3% are in Norway.

True size map comparison: Brazil vs Norway

See how Brazil 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

	Brazil	Norway
Total area	3,287,956 sq mi	148,729 sq mi
Size difference ratio	22.1	1
Total area rank	5/197	61/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.67%	0.08%
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	140,645 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	22.9	1
Land area rank	5/197	62/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	0.24%
Population	211,998,573	5,572,279
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	40.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brazil	Norway
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	47,118 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	59%	33.5%
Forest area rank	2/196	50/196
World's forests share	12.2%	0.3%
Agricultural land area	914,131 sq mi	3,792 sq mi
Agricultural land share	28.3%	2.7%
Agricultural land area rank	4/194	141/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	0.02%
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	3,100 sq mi
Arable land share	6.66%	2.2%
Arable land area rank	5/191	114/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	0.008%
Permanent cropland area rank	5/192	169/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	8,084 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.85%	5.44%
Water area rank	6/197	27/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	60,737 mi
Land borders length	10,032 mi	1,594 mi
Coastline length	4,655 mi	15,626 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	1%

Brazil vs Norway size on the map

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

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