Country size comparison

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Norway is around the same size as Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 7% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (55.5 million fewer people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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