Norway

Kingdom of Norway

Capital: Oslo
Northern Europe
3 neighbours in Travle

Norway overview

Norway is in Northern Europe, Europe. Its capital is Oslo. The World Bank counts about 5.6 million people for 2025 on 624,500 km² of surface area.

In the Travle map, Norway has 3 neighbours: Finland, Russia and Sweden. From there, 125 countries can be reached by land.

Population, density and language

The World Bank counts 5,610,870 people in Norway for 2025, which is 116th of 170 by population. Spread over 624,500 km² of surface area (2024), that is about 9.0 people per km², 155th of 169 by density.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.POP.TOTL), data updated 2026-10-08; checked 2026-10-19.

Rankings compare the entries in Travle's country list that have World Bank data (170 with population, 169 with surface area). Some list entries are territories, so a rank here is not a rank among sovereign states.

Languages used in Norway, as an estimated share of the population (Unicode CLDR)
Language	Share (est.)	Status
Norwegian Bokmål	100%	official
Norwegian	100%	official
Norwegian Nynorsk	25%	official
Northern Sami	0.29%	official in some regions

Source: Unicode CLDR release-48-2 (territoryInfo populationPercent, estimates); checked 2026-10-19.

CLDR shares are estimates of people who use each language, so they can add up to more than 100%.

How big is Norway, really?

With 624,500 km² (2024, land plus inland water), Norway is 43rd of 169 by surface area and covers 0.44% of the combined area of those entries.

In that ordering, Somalia (637,657 km²) is just larger; Central African Republic (622,980 km²) just smaller.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), data updated 2026-10-08; checked 2026-10-19.

Norway at a glance

Capital: Oslo
Region: Northern Europe, Europe
Population: 5,610,870 (2025)
Surface area: 624,500 km² (2024)
Density: 9.0 people per km²
Official languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian and Norwegian Nynorsk
Currency: Norwegian Krone (NOK)
Calling code: +47
Internet domain: .no
Land neighbours: 3 (Natural Earth) · 3 (Travle)

Each figure is sourced in its own section below. "Not available" means no source used on this page has the figure.

Norway within Northern Europe

Natural Earth places Norway in Northern Europe (UN subregion). Of the 10 entries from Travle's country list in that subregion, Norway is 5th by population and 1st by surface area, with 5.1% of the combined population of those entries.

Entries in Northern Europe from Travle's country list, by World Bank population
Country	Population (2025)	Area km² (2024)
United Kingdom	69,487,000	243,610
Sweden	10,596,620	528,860
Denmark	6,009,169	42,920
Finland	5,646,436	338,485
Norway	5,610,870	624,500
Ireland	5,484,367	70,280
Lithuania	2,888,774	65,290
Latvia	1,847,785	64,590
Estonia	1,366,475	45,340
Iceland	392,404	103,000

Sources: World Bank WDI (SP.POP.TOTL, AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), data updated 2026-10-08; subregion from Natural Earth 1:110m. A dash means the World Bank has no figure.

Location, borders and position

Norway is in Northern Europe, Europe. Its outline in Natural Earth lies in the northern hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere. Its capital, Oslo, is at about 59.9° N and 10.7° E.

On land, Natural Earth's boundary data gives Norway 3 neighbours; the Travle game map gives it 3.

Sources: Natural Earth 1:110m (outline and capital) and 1:10m boundary lines (neighbours), public domain.

Where Norway is on the map

Drawn from Natural Earth 1:110m outlines (public domain). The outlines are simplified, so small islands and short borders may not show. The map frames the largest part of Norway; the full outline in the dataset spans latitude 58.1° to 80.7° and longitude 5.0° to 31.3° (negative values are south and west). Darker green: Norway. Light green: its Travle neighbours.

Countries bordering Norway

Natural Earth's boundary data and the Travle map agree on these 3 land neighbours.

Land neighbours of Norway: geographic boundary data compared with the Travle game map
Country	Direction	Land boundary in Natural Earth	Border in Travle
Finland	east	Yes	Yes
Russia	east	Yes	Yes
Sweden	south-east	Yes	Yes

Geographic column: Natural Earth 1:10m Admin-0 boundary lines (land) 5.1.0 (public domain), checked 2026-10-19; Natural Earth shows de facto boundaries and does not settle disputes. Travle column: the game's own border map.

Money and language in Norway

Currency

Norwegian Krone: code NOK, numeric 578. ISO 4217 lists it for 3 entries in total, so it is shared with 2 others.

Source: Unicode CLDR release-48-2 currencyData (region NO); code, name and number from ISO 4217 list one (SIX), published 2026-09-17; checked 2026-10-19.

Official languages

Norwegian Bokmål: official in 2 territories in CLDR, including Norway.
Norwegian: official only here, according to CLDR.
Norwegian Nynorsk: official only here, according to CLDR.
1 more language has regional official status: Northern Sami.

Source: Unicode CLDR release-48-2 (supplementalData.xml, territoryInfo officialStatus); checked 2026-10-19.

CLDR is a technical reference, not a legal text. Laws and constitutions can describe languages differently.

Currency, domain and dialling code

Currency: Norwegian Krone (NOK)
Source: Unicode CLDR release-48-2 currencyData (region NO); code, name and number from ISO 4217 list one (SIX), published 2026-09-17; checked 2026-10-19.
Internet domain: .no
Source: IANA Root Zone Database; checked 2026-10-19.
International dialling code: +47
Source: ITU, List of ITU-T Recommendation E.164 assigned country codes (position on 15 December 2016); checked 2026-10-19.
Time: UTC+01:00 in January, UTC+02:00 in July (2026)
IANA zones: Europe/Oslo
Source: IANA Time Zone Database 2026e (zone.tab); UTC offsets computed for 15 Jan and 15 Jul 2026 with Node.js ICU tz 2026a; checked 2026-10-19.

Norway codes and abbreviations

Standard codes
Standard	Code
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2	`NO`
ISO 4217 currency (Norwegian Krone)	`NOK · 578`
Country-code top-level domain	`.no`
ITU-T E.164 country code	`+47`

Sources: Natural Earth (ISO 3166-1), ISO 4217 list one (SIX), IANA Root Zone Database, ITU E.164 list; linked with dates in the sections above.

Fun facts about Norway

The longest Travle trip from Norway takes 13 steps, to Lesotho.
UNESCO lists 8 World Heritage properties in Norway; the earliest inscription dates from 1979.

Each fact is calculated from the sources cited on this page.

How far can you travel from Norway in Travle?

Starting from Norway and moving one border at a time, this is how many countries in the game's map you reach at each step. Countries that need a sea crossing never appear, because the game only follows land borders.

Countries first reached at each step from Norway (Travle border map)
Steps	Countries	Share
1	3
2	12
3	22
4	17
5	12
6	10
7	6
8	9
9	13
10	13
11	5
12	2
13	1

In total 125 of the 171 other countries in the map can be reached by land. The longest trips take 13 steps and end in Lesotho. The other 46 cannot be reached without crossing the sea (18 in North America, 13 in South America, 6 in Oceania, 5 in Asia, 3 in Europe, 1 in Africa).

Nearby routes from Norway

Shortest land routes in the game's map to the countries up to 3 steps away. There can be several routes of the same length; this list shows one. The section above shows how many countries are reachable in total.