Finland vs Norway: Urban area over the long-term

Finland
2,128 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Norway
1,987 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Finland rank
62nd
Norway rank
65th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Finland
  • Norway
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 2,128 km² per grid cell against 1,987 km² per grid cell in Norway, a difference of 140.78 km² per grid cell.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Norway ahead.

Finland ranks 62nd and Norway ranks 65th of 202 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban area over the long-term
Unit
km² per grid cell
Source
HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
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Total built-up area of a country over time.