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title: "Canada vs Norway — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 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/canada-vs-norway/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Norway

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

9,984,670 km² vs 323,802 km² · 41,651,653 vs 5,610,870

Canada is 31 times larger than Norway — 9,984,670 against 323,802 km². Canada is 7.4 times more populous than Norway — 41,651,653 against 5,610,870 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Oslo |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 323,802 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 5,610,870 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 17.3 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
| Official languages | English, French | Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Sami |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +47 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | NO / NOR |

## Population density

Norway is 4.2 times more densely populated than Canada — 17 against 4 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 Canadian dollar and the Norwegian krone.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## 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 Canada bigger than Norway?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 323,802 km².

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

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 5,610,870.

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

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Norway is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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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]