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title: "Norway vs Sweden — area, population, currency"
description: "Norway is 323,802 km² with 5,610,870 people; Sweden is 450,295 km² with 10,596,620. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/norway-vs-sweden/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Norway vs Sweden

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

323,802 km² vs 450,295 km² · 5,610,870 vs 10,596,620

Sweden is 1.4 times larger than Norway — 450,295 against 323,802 km². Sweden is 1.9 times more populous than Norway — 10,596,620 against 5,610,870 people.

## Side by side

|  | Norway | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Oslo | Stockholm |
| Area | 323,802 km² | 450,295 km² |
| Population | 5,610,870 (2025) | 10,596,620 (2025) |
| Density | 17.3 /km² | 23.5 /km² |
| Currency | Norwegian krone (NOK) | Swedish krona (SEK) |
| Official languages | Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Sami | Swedish |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +47 | +46 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | NO / NOR | SE / SWE |

## Population density

Sweden is 1.4 times more densely populated than Norway — 24 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 Swedish krona.

## 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.

## Sweden

Sweden has roughly 267,000 islands, more than any other country, though only a small fraction are inhabited. Around seventy percent of it is forest, and a seventh lies above the Arctic Circle. Its right of public access lets anyone walk and camp on most uncultivated land.

> 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 Sweden?

Sweden is larger — 450,295 km² against 323,802 km².

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

Sweden, with 10,596,620 against 5,610,870.

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

Norway is UTC+01:00 and Sweden 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]