CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Norway is 3% bigger than Ukraine

Norway: 624,500 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Norway’s coastline is 9 times as long as Ukraine’s

Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Norway’s highest peak towers 408 m above Ukraine’s

Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 2.7% of Norway

Norway: 2.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ukraine has 6.9 times as many people as Norway

Norway: 5.61 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ukraine is 4.4 times as densely populated as Norway

Norway: 15 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Ukraine and Norway are practically level

Norway: 180.5 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Ukraine and Norway are practically level

Norway: 166.5 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 2.4 years older than in Norway

Norway: 39.5 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Norway have 0.5 more children on average than in Ukraine

Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

Norway and Ukraine are practically level

Norway: 19.1% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Norway hosts 364 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

Norway: 23.2 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Norway has 3 official languages, Ukraine 1

Norway: 3 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Norway’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Ukraine’s

Norway: $531 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Norway produces 5.5 times as much per person as Ukraine

Norway: Int$104,044 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Norway than in Ukraine (Gini 0.9 points higher)

Norway: 26.5 (2023) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Norway and Ukraine are practically level

Norway: 0.2% (2023) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 4.6% in Norway

Norway: 4.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Norway 3.3%

Norway: 3.3% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Ukraine’s 21%

Norway: 24.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Ukraine’s

Norway: 91% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Norway spends 22 times as much on health per person as Ukraine

Norway: $8,296 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Norway live 8.5 years longer than in Ukraine

Norway: 83.2 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ukraine is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Norway has 41% more doctors per person than Ukraine

Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 86% more hospital beds per person than Norway

Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 63% higher than in Norway

Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 21% in Norway

Norway: 20.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 13% in Norway

Norway: 12.9% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Norway rate their lives 2.58 points higher than in Ukraine

Norway: 7.24 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Norway drink 79% more alcohol than in Ukraine

Norway: 7 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Norway has 42% more meat per person than Ukraine

Norway: 70.4 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Norway has 690 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ukraine put in 633 more hours a year than in Norway

Norway: 1,412 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Norway went to school 2 years longer than in Ukraine

Norway: 13.1 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Norway welcomed 14 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)

Norway: 0.91 (2022) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Norway and Ukraine are practically level

Norway: 8 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Ukraine 160

Norway: 616 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Norway: 99% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Norway is 28% faster than in Ukraine

Norway: 228 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Norway and Ukraine are practically level

Norway: 100% (2024) · Ukraine: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 70% in Ukraine

Norway: 84% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Norway: 109 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 5.6 times as long as Norway’s

Norway: 3,885 km (2021) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Norway: no data · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 33% of Norway, but only 17% of Ukraine

Norway: 33.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Norway emits 77% more CO₂ than someone in Ukraine

Norway: 6.7 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Norway: 99% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ukraine carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 5.2 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Norway

Norway: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ukraine are 6.4 times as deadly as in Norway

Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ukraine is on average 8.7 °C warmer than Norway

Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Norway gets 2 times as much rain as Ukraine

Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Norway bigger than Ukraine?

Norway is larger. Norway is 3% bigger than Ukraine.

Which has more people, Norway or Ukraine?

Ukraine has 6.9 times as many people as Norway (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Norway or Ukraine?

People in Norway live 8.5 years longer than in Ukraine. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Norway and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Norway or Ukraine?

Ukraine and Norway are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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