Total & land area: Norway vs Saudi Arabia size comparison

Saudi Arabia is 5.84 times bigger by total area compared to Norway: 868,730 sq mi vs 148,729 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Saudi Arabia is 830,000 sq mi vs 140,645 sq mi for Norway — a 5.9 times difference in territory size.

Norway ranks 61/197 by total surface area vs 12/197 for Saudi Arabia.
Norway occupies 0.24% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.44% for Saudi Arabia.
2.7% of Norway's area is agricultural land vs 80.8% in Saudi Arabia.
Norway has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Saudi Arabia has 3.64%.
33.5% of Norway is covered by forests, compared to 0.45% in Saudi Arabia.
0.3% of the world's forests are in Norway, and 0.02% are in Saudi Arabia.

True size map comparison: Norway vs Saudi Arabia

See how Norway and Saudi Arabia 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

	Norway	Saudi Arabia
Total area	148,729 sq mi	868,730 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.84
Total area rank	61/197	12/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.44%
Land area	140,645 sq mi	830,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.9
Land area rank	62/197	12/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.24%	1.44%
Population	5,572,279	35,300,280
Population density	40.3 ppl/mi²	44.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Norway	Saudi Arabia
Forest area	47,118 sq mi	3,772 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.5%	0.45%
Forest area rank	50/196	126/196
World's forests share	0.3%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	3,792 sq mi	670,418 sq mi
Agricultural land share	2.7%	80.8%
Agricultural land area rank	141/194	8/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	3.64%
Arable land	3,100 sq mi	13,245 sq mi
Arable land share	2.2%	1.6%
Arable land area rank	114/191	65/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	799 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.008%	0.1%
Permanent cropland area rank	169/192	82/192
Water area	8,084 sq mi	38,730 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.44%	4.46%
Water area rank	27/197	9/197
Roads length	60,737 mi	137,554 mi
Land borders length	1,594 mi	2,654 mi
Coastline length	15,626 mi	1,640 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	3.5%

Norway vs Saudi Arabia 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 Norway and Saudi Arabia 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.