Country size comparison

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France is about 1.7 times bigger than Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 70% larger than Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (62.8 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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