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

Norway is 15,322 times bigger by total area compared to Tuvalu: 148,729 sq mi vs 9.71 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Norway is 140,645 sq mi vs 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu — a 12,142 times difference in territory size.

Norway ranks 61/197 by total surface area vs 194/197 for Tuvalu.
Norway occupies 0.24% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.00002% for Tuvalu.
2.7% of Norway's area is agricultural land vs 60% in Tuvalu.
Norway has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Tuvalu has 0.00004%.
33.5% of Norway is covered by forests, compared to 33.3% in Tuvalu.
0.3% of the world's forests are in Norway, and 0.00002% are in Tuvalu.

True size map comparison: Norway vs Tuvalu

See how Norway and Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
Total area	148,729 sq mi	9.71 sq mi
Size difference ratio	15,322	1
Total area rank	61/197	194/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.08%	0.000005%
Land area	140,645 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	12,142	1
Land area rank	62/197	194/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.24%	0.00002%
Population	5,572,279	9,646
Population density	40.3 ppl/mi²	806 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Norway	Tuvalu
Forest area	47,118 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.5%	33.3%
Forest area rank	50/196	189/196
World's forests share	0.3%	0.00002%
Agricultural land area	3,792 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Agricultural land share	2.7%	60%
Agricultural land area rank	141/194	191/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.00004%
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	6.95 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.008%	60%
Permanent cropland area rank	169/192	178/192
Water area	8,084 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	5.44%	0%
Water area rank	27/197	195/197
Roads length	60,737 mi	4.97 mi
Land borders length	1,594 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	15,626 mi	14.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1%	0%

Norway vs Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu 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.