Comparison of the Nordic countries

This article is a comparison of the Nordic countries.

Geography

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Country	Area (km²)	Land area (km²)	Water area (km²)
Denmark	43,561	42,890	671
Faroe Islands	1,396	1,387	9
Finland	338,432	303,320	34,534
Greenland	2,166,086	410,449[lower-alpha 1]	0
Iceland	103,492	89,717	2,386
Norway	323,771[lower-alpha 2]	302,630	18,351
Sweden	447,420	408,901	40,080
Åland Islands	1,580	1,553	27

1. Excluding ice cap and glaciers
2. Excluding Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Politics

Government

Country	Political systems	Power source	Power structure
Denmark	Parliamentary system	Constitutional monarchy	Unitary state
Finland	Parliamentary system	Constitutional republic	Unitary state
Iceland	Parliamentary system	Constitutional republic	Unitary state
Norway	Parliamentary system	Constitutional monarchy	Unitary state
Sweden	Parliamentary system	Constitutional monarchy	Unitary state

International organisation membership

Country	Council of Europe	ECHR	European Union	NATO	OECD^a	United Nations	WTO
Denmark	5 May 1949	Yes	1973	4 April 1949	30 May 1961	24 October 1945	Yes
Finland	5 May 1989	Yes	1995	No	20 January 1969	14 December 1955	Yes
Iceland	7 March 1950	Yes	No	4 April 1949	5 June 1961	19 November 1946	Yes
Norway	5 May 1949	Yes	No	4 April 1949	29 May 1973	27 November 1945	Yes
Sweden	5 May 1949	Yes	1995	No	28 September 1961	19 November 1946	Yes

^a Denmark, Norway and Sweden were among the founders of the predecessor of the OECD, the OEEC, in 1948

Economy

Country	GDP total (PPP)	GDP per capita (PPP)	GDP total (nominal)	GDP per capita (nominal)	Gini	HDI
Denmark	$257.148 billion	$45,435	$291.043 billion	$51,424	28.1	0.900
Finland	$224.713 billion	$41,068	$230.685 billion	$42,159	25.9	0.879
Iceland	$14.488 billion	$44,575	$17.216 billion	$52,967	24.0	0.895
Norway	$351.603 billion	$67,445	$420.958 billion	$80,749	22.3	0.944
Sweden	$467.450 billion	$47,319	$483.724 billion	$48,966	25.4	0.898

Demographics

Country	Population	Density (per km²)	Immigration (%)
Denmark	5,627,235	131.0	7.90
Finland	5,457,429	16.0	5.53
Iceland	329,100	3.2	6.65
Norway	5,136,700	15.5	14.10
Sweden	9,658,301	21.5	14.98

Telecommunication

Country	Internet TLD	ISO 3166 code	Calling code
Denmark	.dk	DK	+45
Finland	.fi	FI	+358
Iceland	.is	IS	+354
Norway	.no	NO	+47
Sweden	.se	SE	+46

See also

• Comparison of the Baltic states

References

1. "Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2014" (PDF). http://www.norden.org/facts. Nordic Council. Retrieved 2014-11-22. External link in |website= (help)