Norway vs USSR: Population density
Norway
14.86 people per km²
in 2100
USSR
13.35 people per km²
in 1991
Norway rank
214th
USSR rank
216th
Population density over time
- Norway
- USSR
How they compare
Norway currently reports 14.86 people per km² against 13.35 people per km² in USSR, a difference of 1.51 people per km².
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times USSR's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 209 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 214th and USSR ranks 216th of 235 countries.
Across the 37 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 29 and USSR in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.549 people per km² | 0.314 people per km² | 0.235 people per km² | Norway |
| 1100s | 0.7412 people per km² | 0.417 people per km² | 0.3242 people per km² | Norway |
| 1200s | 0.9334 people per km² | 0.5631 people per km² | 0.3703 people per km² | Norway |
| 1300s | 1.1 people per km² | 0.5946 people per km² | 0.5034 people per km² | Norway |
| 1400s | 0.549 people per km² | 0.5953 people per km² | 0.0463 people per km² | USSR |
| 1500s | 1.1 people per km² | 0.7387 people per km² | 0.3593 people per km² | Norway |
| 1600s | 1.37 people per km² | 0.9012 people per km² | 0.4714 people per km² | Norway |
| 1700s | 1.65 people per km² | 1.06 people per km² | 0.5849 people per km² | Norway |
| 1710s | 1.71 people per km² | 1.18 people per km² | 0.5274 people per km² | Norway |
| 1720s | 1.77 people per km² | 1.32 people per km² | 0.4506 people per km² | Norway |
| 1730s | 1.83 people per km² | 1.46 people per km² | 0.3736 people per km² | Norway |
| 1740s | 1.9 people per km² | 1.6 people per km² | 0.2964 people per km² | Norway |
| 1750s | 1.97 people per km² | 1.75 people per km² | 0.2188 people per km² | Norway |
| 1760s | 2.04 people per km² | 1.9 people per km² | 0.1406 people per km² | Norway |
| 1770s | 2.11 people per km² | 2.05 people per km² | 0.0617 people per km² | Norway |
| 1780s | 2.19 people per km² | 2.2 people per km² | 0.018 people per km² | USSR |
| 1790s | 2.26 people per km² | 2.36 people per km² | 0.099 people per km² | USSR |
| 1800s | 2.45 people per km² | 2.51 people per km² | 0.0554 people per km² | USSR |
| 1810s | 2.54 people per km² | 2.52 people per km² | 0.0171 people per km² | Norway |
| 1820s | 2.85 people per km² | 2.63 people per km² | 0.2167 people per km² | Norway |
| 1830s | 3.23 people per km² | 2.88 people per km² | 0.3516 people per km² | Norway |
| 1840s | 3.59 people per km² | 3.16 people per km² | 0.4332 people per km² | Norway |
| 1850s | 4.07 people per km² | 3.47 people per km² | 0.6026 people per km² | Norway |
| 1860s | 4.55 people per km² | 3.81 people per km² | 0.7478 people per km² | Norway |
| 1870s | 5 people per km² | 4.18 people per km² | 0.8186 people per km² | Norway |
| 1880s | 5.38 people per km² | 4.59 people per km² | 0.7888 people per km² | Norway |
| 1890s | 5.79 people per km² | 5.04 people per km² | 0.7483 people per km² | Norway |
| 1900s | 6.33 people per km² | 5.53 people per km² | 0.7995 people per km² | Norway |
| 1910s | 6.88 people per km² | 6.03 people per km² | 0.8525 people per km² | Norway |
| 1920s | 7.48 people per km² | 6.56 people per km² | 0.9187 people per km² | Norway |
| 1930s | 7.95 people per km² | 7.17 people per km² | 0.7744 people per km² | Norway |
| 1940s | 8.56 people per km² | 7.84 people per km² | 0.7185 people per km² | Norway |
| 1950s | 9.36 people per km² | 8.9 people per km² | 0.465 people per km² | Norway |
| 1960s | 10.19 people per km² | 10.39 people per km² | 0.1979 people per km² | USSR |
| 1970s | 10.94 people per km² | 11.51 people per km² | 0.5694 people per km² | USSR |
| 1980s | 11.4 people per km² | 12.63 people per km² | 1.23 people per km² | USSR |
| 1990s | 11.67 people per km² | 13.31 people per km² | 1.64 people per km² | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population density, Norway or USSR?
- Norway, at 14.86 people per km² against 13.35 people per km² in USSR as of 2100.
- What is the difference in population density between Norway and USSR?
- 1.51 people per km², with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and USSR?
- 209 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 1991.
- How do Norway and USSR rank globally for population density?
- Norway ranks 214th and USSR ranks 216th of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population density. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.