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title: "Brazil vs Norway — area, population, currency"
description: "Brazil is 8,515,770 km² with 212,812,405 people; Norway is 323,802 km² with 5,610,870. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/brazil-vs-norway/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Brazil vs Norway

**Brazil vs Norway: Brazil is larger; Brazil has more people**

8,515,770 km² vs 323,802 km² · 212,812,405 vs 5,610,870

Brazil is 26 times larger than Norway — 8,515,770 against 323,802 km². Brazil is 38 times more populous than Norway — 212,812,405 against 5,610,870 people.

## Side by side

|  | Brazil | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Brasília | Oslo |
| Area | 8,515,770 km² | 323,802 km² |
| Population | 212,812,405 (2025) | 5,610,870 (2025) |
| Density | 25.0 /km² | 17.3 /km² |
| Currency | Brazilian real (BRL) | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Sami |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +55 | +47 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | BR / BRA | NO / NOR |

## Population density

Brazil is 1.4 times more densely populated than Norway — 25 against 17 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Brazilian real and the Norwegian krone.
- Brazil spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Europe.

## Brazil

The fifth-largest country in the world and the largest in the southern hemisphere. It holds about sixty percent of the Amazon rainforest, and the Amazon River discharges roughly a fifth of all the fresh water that reaches the world's oceans — more than the next seven rivers combined. Brazil borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.

## Norway

The mainland coastline is about 2,500 km end to end, but roughly 25,000 km following the fjords, and over 100,000 km counting the islands — one of the longest coastlines of any country. Sognefjord runs 205 km inland and is 1,308 m deep. Norway generates almost all its electricity from hydropower.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Brazil bigger than Norway?

Brazil is larger — 8,515,770 km² against 323,802 km².

### Which has more people, Brazil or Norway?

Brazil, with 212,812,405 against 5,610,870.

### What is the time difference between Brazil and Norway?

Brazil is UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00 and Norway is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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- [Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country/norway/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]