Norway
Oslo · Northern Europe
Norway is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Oslo, the official currency is the Norwegian Krone, and the main language is Norwegian.
With a population of roughly 5.5 million people spread over 385,207 km², Norway is the 116th most populous country in the world and the 61st largest by area. That works out at about 14 people per square kilometre.
Norway shares land borders with Sweden, Finland and Russia — 3 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim. The highest point in the country is Galdhøpiggen, at 2,469 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Zimbabwe, while its population is closest to that of Finland.
- Capital
- Oslo
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population
- 5,500,000
- Area
- 385,207 km²
- Currency
- Norwegian Krone
- Main language
- Norwegian
- Highest point
- Galdhøpiggen
2,469 m - Land borders
- 3
Norway: things worth knowing
- Norway's coastline, counting fjords and islands, runs to well over 100,000 kilometres.
- Its sovereign wealth fund, built on North Sea oil, is the largest in the world.
- Svalbard, far to the north, is Norwegian territory but open to citizens of all treaty signatories to live and work.
Norway in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Norway ranks 24th among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.