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title: "Indonesia vs Norway — area, population, currency"
description: "Indonesia is 1,904,569 km² with 285,721,236 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/indonesia-vs-norway/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Indonesia vs Norway

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

1,904,569 km² vs 323,802 km² · 285,721,236 vs 5,610,870

Indonesia is 5.9 times larger than Norway — 1,904,569 against 323,802 km². Indonesia is 51 times more populous than Norway — 285,721,236 against 5,610,870 people.

## Side by side

|  | Indonesia | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Jakarta | Oslo |
| Area | 1,904,569 km² | 323,802 km² |
| Population | 285,721,236 (2025) | 5,610,870 (2025) |
| Density | 150.0 /km² | 17.3 /km² |
| Currency | Indonesian rupiah (IDR) | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
| Official languages | Indonesian | Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Sami |
| Time zones | UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +62 | +47 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | ID / IDN | NO / NOR |

## Population density

Indonesia is 8.7 times more densely populated than Norway — 150 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

- They drive on opposite sides — Indonesia on the left, Norway on the right.
- Different currencies: the Indonesian rupiah and the Norwegian krone.
- Indonesia spans 3 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## Indonesia

The largest archipelago in the world: official surveys count more than 17,000 islands, of which around 6,000 are inhabited, spread over 5,100 km of ocean. Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and has about 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country. It also holds more of the world's remaining tropical peatland than anywhere except the Congo basin.

## 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 Indonesia bigger than Norway?

Indonesia is larger — 1,904,569 km² against 323,802 km².

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

Indonesia, with 285,721,236 against 5,610,870.

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

Indonesia is UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00 and Norway is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country/norway/)
- [India vs Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-norway/)
- [India vs Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-indonesia/)
- [China vs Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-norway/)
- [China vs Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-indonesia/)
- [Japan vs Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-norway/)
- [Canada vs Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-norway/)
- [Canada vs Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-indonesia/)
- [Australia vs Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-norway/)
- [Australia vs Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-indonesia/)
- [New Zealand vs Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-norway/)
- [France vs Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-norway/)
- [France vs Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-indonesia/)

## 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]