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

Norway is 10.6 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 148,729 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Norway is 140,645 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 10.1 times difference in territory size.

Norway ranks 61/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Norway occupies 0.24% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
2.7% of Norway's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Norway has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
33.5% of Norway is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.3% of the world's forests are in Norway, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Norway vs Taiwan

See how Norway and Taiwan 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	Taiwan
Total area	148,729 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	10.6	1
Total area rank	61/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.007%
Land area	140,645 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	10.1	1
Land area rank	62/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.24%	0.02%
Population	5,572,279	23,331,886
Population density	40.3 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Norway	Taiwan
Forest area	47,118 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.5%	60.8%
Forest area rank	50/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.3%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	3,792 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	2.7%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	141/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.02%
Arable land	3,100 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	2.2%	n/a
Arable land area rank	114/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.008%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	169/192	79/192
Water area	8,084 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.44%	0%
Water area rank	27/197	193/197
Roads length	60,737 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	1,594 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	15,626 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	n/a

Norway vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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