Total & land area: Norway vs Turkmenistan size comparison

Turkmenistan is 1.28 times bigger by total area compared to Norway: 189,657 sq mi vs 148,729 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Turkmenistan is 181,441 sq mi vs 140,645 sq mi for Norway — a 1.29 times difference in territory size.

Norway ranks 61/197 by total surface area vs 51/197 for Turkmenistan.
Norway occupies 0.24% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.32% for Turkmenistan.
2.7% of Norway's area is agricultural land vs 84.2% in Turkmenistan.
Norway has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Turkmenistan has 0.83%.
33.5% of Norway is covered by forests, compared to 8.78% in Turkmenistan.
0.3% of the world's forests are in Norway, and 0.1% are in Turkmenistan.

True size map comparison: Norway vs Turkmenistan

See how Norway and Turkmenistan 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	Turkmenistan
Total area	148,729 sq mi	189,657 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.28
Total area rank	61/197	51/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.1%
Land area	140,645 sq mi	181,441 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.29
Land area rank	62/197	53/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.24%	0.32%
Population	5,572,279	7,494,498
Population density	40.3 ppl/mi²	42.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Norway	Turkmenistan
Forest area	47,118 sq mi	15,934 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.5%	8.78%
Forest area rank	50/196	75/196
World's forests share	0.3%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	3,792 sq mi	152,812 sq mi
Agricultural land share	2.7%	84.2%
Agricultural land area rank	141/194	29/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.83%
Arable land	3,100 sq mi	6,145 sq mi
Arable land share	2.2%	3.39%
Arable land area rank	114/191	88/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	153.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.008%	0.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	169/192	129/192
Water area	8,084 sq mi	8,216 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.44%	4.33%
Water area rank	27/197	26/197
Roads length	60,737 mi	n/a
Land borders length	1,594 mi	2,584 mi
Coastline length	15,626 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	4.2%

Norway vs Turkmenistan 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 Turkmenistan 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.