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title: "Norway — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Norway: capital Oslo, area 323,802 km², population 5,610,870 (2025), currency Norwegian krone. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/norway/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Norway

**Norway: Capital Oslo**

323,802 km² · 5,610,870 people (2025) · Norwegian krone

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Oslo
- **Area:** 323,802 km² — 125,021 sq mi
- **Population:** 5,610,870 (2025)
- **Density:** 17.3 people per km²
- **Currency:** Norwegian krone (NOK, kr)
- **Official languages:** Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Sami
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +47
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** NO · NOR
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 68 of 200
- **By population:** 119 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vietnam | 331,210 | 101,598,527 |
| Malaysia | 329,847 | 35,977,838 |
| Norway ← | 323,802 | 5,610,870 |
| Ivory Coast | 322,463 | 32,711,547 |
| Poland | 312,685 | 36,435,861 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Norway?

Oslo

### What currency does Norway use?

The Norwegian krone (NOK).

### How big is Norway?

323,802 km², or 125,021 square miles — 68 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Norway drive on?

The right.

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- [Ivory Coast](https://atoneplace.net/country/ivory-coast/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
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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]