Europe · Northern Europe
Capital: Oslo
Norway
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Norway in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #44
Norway's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
5.6M
#117 of 196
41st percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$530.76B
#31 of 196
85th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$10.44B
#29 of 196
86th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$9.30B
#25 of 196
88th percentile
2023 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$32.46B
#48 of 196
76th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Oslo
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Northern Europe
- Country code
- NOR
Three interesting facts
Norway shares land borders with 3 countries: Finland, Sweden, and Russia.
Norway spans roughly 323,802 square kilometers, placing it around 68th by area in this factbook.
The country’s linguistic landscape includes Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk, reflecting a notably diverse cultural history.
Geography
Norway on the map
Norway is located in Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden. Its terrain is glaciated, mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys, small, scattered plains, coastline deeply indented by fjords, arctic tundra in north. The climate is temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current, colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers, rainy year-round on west coast. In area, the country is slightly larger than twice the size of Georgia, slightly larger than New Mexico.
Economy
Economic profile
Norway's economy is characterized by high-income, non-EU economy with trade links via European Economic Area (EEA), key role in European energy security as leader in oil, gas, and electricity exports, major fishing, forestry, and oil(?) extraction industries, oil sovereign fund supports generous welfare system, low unemployment, inflation moderating but remains above target level. Major industries include petroleum and gas, shipping, fishing, aquaculture, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles. Important agricultural products include milk, barley, potatoes, oats, wheat, pork, chicken, beef, eggs, carrots/turnips (2023). Notable exports include natural gas, crude petroleum, fish, refined petroleum, aluminum (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Norway has an estimated population of 5,606,944. Language and cultural traditions vary across Norway. The population includes Norwegian 81.5% (includes about 60,000 Sami), other European 8.9%, other 9.6% (2021 est.). The urban population represents 84% of total population (2023).
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