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title: "Netherlands vs Norway — area, population, currency"
description: "Netherlands is 41,543 km² with 18,087,633 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/netherlands-vs-norway/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Netherlands vs Norway

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

41,543 km² vs 323,802 km² · 18,087,633 vs 5,610,870

Norway is 7.8 times larger than Netherlands — 323,802 against 41,543 km². Netherlands is 3.2 times more populous than Norway — 18,087,633 against 5,610,870 people.

## Side by side

|  | Netherlands | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Amsterdam | Oslo |
| Area | 41,543 km² | 323,802 km² |
| Population | 18,087,633 (2025) | 5,610,870 (2025) |
| Density | 435.4 /km² | 17.3 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
| Official languages | Dutch | Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Sami |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +31 | +47 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | NL / NLD | NO / NOR |

## Population density

Netherlands is 25 times more densely populated than Norway — 435 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 Euro and the Norwegian krone.

## Netherlands

About a quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level and roughly a fifth of its present land area has been reclaimed from sea, lake and marsh. Flevoland, a province of some 1,400 km², was drained from the Zuiderzee in the 20th century and is the largest artificial island in the world. The lowest point, in Zuidplaspolder, is about 6.8 m below sea level.

## 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 Netherlands bigger than Norway?

Norway is larger — 323,802 km² against 41,543 km².

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

Netherlands, with 18,087,633 against 5,610,870.

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

Netherlands is UTC+01:00 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]