Japan vs Norway: Land area

Japan

364,569 sq. km

in 2023

Norway

364,270 sq. km

in 2023

Japan rank

62nd

Norway rank

63rd

Land area over time

Japan
Norway

How they compare

Japan currently reports 364,569 sq. km against 364,270 sq. km in Norway, a difference of 299 sq. km.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 62nd and Norway ranks 63rd of 216 countries.

Individual pages

Land area in Japan
Land area in Norway
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.