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

Colombia is 2.96 times bigger by total area compared to Norway: 440,831 sq mi vs 148,729 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Colombia is 428,380 sq mi vs 140,645 sq mi for Norway — a 3.05 times difference in territory size.

Colombia ranks 25/197 by total surface area vs 61/197 for Norway.
Colombia occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.24% for Norway.
36.5% of Colombia's area is agricultural land vs 2.7% in Norway.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area — Norway has 0.02%.
52.8% of Colombia is covered by forests, compared to 33.5% in Norway.
1.45% of the world's forests are in Colombia, and 0.3% are in Norway.

True size map comparison: Colombia vs Norway

See how Colombia 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

	Colombia	Norway
Total area	440,831 sq mi	148,729 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.96	1
Total area rank	25/197	61/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.22%	0.08%
Land area	428,380 sq mi	140,645 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3.05	1
Land area rank	26/197	62/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	0.24%
Population	52,886,363	5,572,279
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	40.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Colombia	Norway
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	47,118 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	33.5%
Forest area rank	13/196	50/196
World's forests share	1.45%	0.3%
Agricultural land area	156,306 sq mi	3,792 sq mi
Agricultural land share	36.5%	2.7%
Agricultural land area rank	27/194	141/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	0.02%
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	3,100 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	2.2%
Arable land area rank	73/191	114/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	0.008%
Permanent cropland area rank	16/192	169/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	8,084 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.82%	5.44%
Water area rank	17/197	27/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	60,737 mi
Land borders length	4,146 mi	1,594 mi
Coastline length	1,993 mi	15,626 mi
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	1%

Colombia 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 Colombia 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.