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Norway vs Switzerland

This page compares Norway and Switzerland across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator Norway Switzerland Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 7.90 8.00 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.70 8.70 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 439,000.00 655,394.00 Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 50.40 49.68 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 16.67 14.54 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 59.44 52.75 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 81.60 82.70 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 1.26 1.63 Compare →
Population, male 2.81M 4.47M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 3.62M 5.86M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 28.89 30.78 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 17.59 18.29 Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 65.03 65.03 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 493,832.00 818,373.00 Compare →
Urban population 4.64M 7.70M Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 36.20 31.16 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 49.60 50.32 Compare →
Rural population 928,934.00 1.31M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 1.05M 1.80M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 24.90 22.99 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 65.92 66.26 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.88 14.46 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.05 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 91.06 90.99 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 84.80 86.20 Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.45 1.29 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 83.33 85.46 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 902,082.00 1.35M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 20.00 21.72 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.94 94.60 Compare →
Population, total 5.57M 9.01M Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 53.78 53.77 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.95 1.31 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 64.11 63.81 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 16.49 15.45 Compare →
Population, female 2.76M 4.53M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 552,934.00 984,459.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 1.77M 2.89M Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 83.16 84.41 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 463,082.00 691,014.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 1.28 1.48 Compare →
Net migration 29,798.00 37,253.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 1.85M 2.96M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 18.79 20.02 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.19 14.95 Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 18.20 31.10 Compare →

Environment

Indicator Norway Switzerland Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 15.15 224.98 Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator Norway Switzerland Detail
Surface area (sq. km) 624,500.00 41,290.70 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 4,796.07 0.00 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 1.56 0.00 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.