• Vinny_93@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    This is the first time I’ve actually seen an estimate of the population size of Norway and I’m actually shocked there are so few Norwegians. I figured pretty much Scandinavian countries had a population of at least the Netherlands. That said I was aware that Denmark was smaller in population but that Norway has about Denmarks population is news to me.

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      4 hours ago

      Sweden is the big one, while Norway, Denmark and Finland are about the same.

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        4 hours ago

        Yeah and even Sweden is still only about two thirds of the Netherlands. I’m aware the Netherlands is very densely populated, but these Scandinavian countries are huge compared to the Netherlands, maybe with the exception of Denmark which is similar in size.

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          1 hour ago

          Huge, but full of rocks and mountains and fjords. “Arrable land” is at a premium. Norwegian farmers look at danish and Dutch fields with much envy