CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Norway is 39% bigger than Uzbekistan

Norway: 624,500 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 2,174 m above Norway’s

Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 2.7% of Norway

Norway: 2.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uzbekistan has 6.6 times as many people as Norway

Norway: 5.61 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 5.5 times as densely populated as Norway

Norway: 15 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Norway are 9.5 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Norway: 180.5 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Norway are 6.2 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Norway: 166.5 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Norway is 13 years older than in Uzbekistan

Norway: 39.5 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.0 more children on average than in Norway

Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Norway are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Norway: 19.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Norway hosts 163,784 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 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, Uzbekistan none

Norway: 23.2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Norway has 3 official languages, Uzbekistan 2

Norway: 3 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (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 3.6 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Norway: $531 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Norway produces 7.6 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Norway: Int$104,044 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Norway (Gini 6.2 points higher)

Norway: 26.5 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Norway

Norway: 0.2% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Norway and Uzbekistan are practically level

Norway: 4.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Norway spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Uzbekistan 2.5%

Norway: 3.3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Norway: 24.5% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Uzbekistan’s

Norway: 91% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Norway spends 43 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Norway: $8,296 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Norway live 11 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Norway: 83.2 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 6.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Norway has 77% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 48% more hospital beds per person than Norway

Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Norway is 49% higher than in Uzbekistan

Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 21% in Norway

Norway: 20.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Uzbekistan smoke, versus 13% in Norway

Norway: 12.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Norway rate their lives 0.96 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Norway: 7.24 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Norway drink 3.3 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Norway: 7 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Norway has 49% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Norway: 70.4 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Norway has 178 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 687 more hours a year than in Norway

Norway: 1,412 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Norway went to school 1.2 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Norway: 13.1 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Norway welcomed 4.2 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Norway: 0.91 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Norway and Uzbekistan are practically level

Norway: 8 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Norway: 616 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 90% in Uzbekistan

Norway: 99% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Norway is 6% faster than in Uzbekistan

Norway: 228 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Norway and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Norway: 84% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Norway: 109 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 22% longer than Norway’s

Norway: 3,885 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Norway: no data · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 33% of Norway, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Norway: 33.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Norway emits 74% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

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

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Norway: 99% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 4.5 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 93% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Norway

Norway: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uzbekistan are 4.5 times as deadly as in Norway

Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uzbekistan is on average 12.8 °C warmer than Norway

Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Norway gets 5.7 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

Norway is larger. Norway is 39% bigger than Uzbekistan.

Which has more people, Norway or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan has 6.6 times as many people as Norway (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Norway or Uzbekistan?

People in Norway live 11 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Norway and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Norway or Uzbekistan?

Men in Norway are 9.5 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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