What is the difference in population between Norway and Singapore?

269,920 people, with Singapore ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Singapore?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Norway vs Singapore: Population

Norway

5.52 million people

in 2023

Singapore

5.79 million people

in 2023

Norway rank

118th

Singapore rank

115th

Population over time

Norway
Singapore

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 5.79 million people against 5.52 million people in Norway, a difference of 269,920 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 118th and Singapore ranks 115th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 38 and Singapore in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Norway	Singapore	Difference	Ahead
1000s	200,000 people	78 people	199,922 people	Norway
1100s	270,000 people	118 people	269,882 people	Norway
1200s	340,000 people	177 people	339,823 people	Norway
1300s	400,000 people	265 people	399,735 people	Norway
1400s	200,000 people	398 people	199,602 people	Norway
1500s	400,000 people	597 people	399,403 people	Norway
1600s	500,000 people	896 people	499,104 people	Norway
1700s	600,045 people	1,345 people	598,700 people	Norway
1710s	621,629 people	1,740 people	619,889 people	Norway
1720s	643,990 people	2,252 people	641,738 people	Norway
1730s	667,155 people	2,915 people	664,240 people	Norway
1740s	691,154 people	3,772 people	687,382 people	Norway
1750s	716,015 people	4,882 people	711,133 people	Norway
1760s	741,771 people	6,318 people	735,453 people	Norway
1770s	768,454 people	8,176 people	760,278 people	Norway
1780s	796,096 people	10,581 people	785,515 people	Norway
1790s	824,732 people	13,693 people	811,039 people	Norway
1800s	893,229 people	30,000 people	863,229 people	Norway
1810s	923,558 people	30,013 people	893,545 people	Norway
1820s	1.04 million people	33,066 people	1.00 million people	Norway
1830s	1.18 million people	40,654 people	1.13 million people	Norway
1840s	1.31 million people	50,055 people	1.26 million people	Norway
1850s	1.48 million people	61,363 people	1.42 million people	Norway
1860s	1.66 million people	74,877 people	1.58 million people	Norway
1870s	1.82 million people	96,297 people	1.72 million people	Norway
1880s	1.96 million people	131,029 people	1.83 million people	Norway
1890s	2.11 million people	178,602 people	1.93 million people	Norway
1900s	2.31 million people	254,774 people	2.05 million people	Norway
1910s	2.51 million people	343,343 people	2.16 million people	Norway
1920s	2.72 million people	464,790 people	2.26 million people	Norway
1930s	2.90 million people	644,850 people	2.25 million people	Norway
1940s	3.12 million people	844,742 people	2.27 million people	Norway
1950s	3.41 million people	1.29 million people	2.12 million people	Norway
1960s	3.71 million people	1.84 million people	1.87 million people	Norway
1970s	3.99 million people	2.25 million people	1.74 million people	Norway
1980s	4.15 million people	2.71 million people	1.45 million people	Norway
1990s	4.35 million people	3.50 million people	847,502 people	Norway
2000s	4.63 million people	4.37 million people	263,171 people	Norway
2010s	5.14 million people	5.44 million people	296,724 people	Singapore
2020s	5.44 million people	5.65 million people	210,522 people	Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Norway or Singapore?: Singapore, at 5.79 million people against 5.52 million people in Norway as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Norway and Singapore?: 269,920 people, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Singapore?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Norway and Singapore rank globally for population?: Norway ranks 118th and Singapore ranks 115th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.