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title: "Norway vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Norway is 323,802 km² with 5,610,870 people; Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/norway-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Norway vs Spain

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

323,802 km² vs 505,370 km² · 5,610,870 vs 49,355,143

Spain is 1.6 times larger than Norway — 505,370 against 323,802 km². Spain is 8.8 times more populous than Norway — 49,355,143 against 5,610,870 people.

## Side by side

|  | Norway | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Oslo | Madrid |
| Area | 323,802 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 5,610,870 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 17.3 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Norwegian krone (NOK) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Sami | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +47 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | NO / NOR | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Spain is 5.6 times more densely populated than Norway — 98 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 Norwegian krone and the Euro.
- Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## 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.

## Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 million.

> 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 Norway bigger than Spain?

Spain is larger — 505,370 km² against 323,802 km².

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

Spain, with 49,355,143 against 5,610,870.

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

Norway is UTC+01:00 and Spain is UTC+00:00, 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]