Finland and Norway are two rather interesting countries that do have some similarities
But also have some differences and although the two share the most northern border in all of Europe. It makes you wonder
What would it be like if these two great nations were actually joined at the hip?
becoming one big powerful nation and here on FTD facts
We are gonna look at these two countries and see what their numbers would be and how they would change from
population to military sizes to other things like
GDP hey everybody how's it going - welcome to FTD facts the channel where we talk about people cultures and places from all around
The world now today. We are looking at Norway
We are looking at Finland
And we're gonna see what would happen if they're brought together to be one big
Powerful place because well first of all letting you guys know if you guys love learning about cultures and people from everywhere
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On top of that if you guys just like learning about Norway, and you like learning about Finland well guys
I'm gonna put some cards throughout this video
We got one poppin right here
And there's gonna be some links at the end of this video if you want to learn more about these two great nations
but however guys
Let's jump right into it if you guys are from Norway
Or you guys are from Finland sound off in the comments section below because I want to know more about you
I want to know more about your country because it they're just really great places, and it was let's get rolling now first off
Let's look at population now Norway if we were to divide these two Norway has about five million two hundred and sixty seven
Thousand people and Finland has about five million five hundred nine thousand people now keep in mind guys
This is just a rough estimate. They haven't done a census in quite some time so as for these estimates
They could be off just by a hair, so it's cool now
However if you were to combine these two estimates you would get a total population of 10 million
seven hundred and seventy six thousand people
And that would have this country ranked at 83rd in the world when it comes to population
With Haiti being a bit more however the bright side is that they would definitely?
outnumber their middle brother Sweden now of course with population
we also got to blend it right in with land size because
Well one thing that people like to compare are their nations to is how big these countries are like you look at Russia you look?
At Canada, they're like the biggest countries in the world
so how would
Norway and Finland if they were together stack up to these countries so
Currently Norway has a land size of three hundred and eighty-five thousand two hundred and three square kilometers
Now Finland is slightly bigger being three hundred and eighty eight thousand two hundred forty two kilometres square in total
They would have a land size equaling
720 three thousand four hundred and forty five kilometres square and because of that they would rank
39th in the world being in between the countries of Zambia and of course my Anne Mar
What would make this country jump up in importance is the fact that it has a lot of water it would rank
14th in the world as these two countries combined would have a water percentage of
Sixteen point eighteen percent so we got population
We got land size now
Let's talk about
Money because money is very very important now the dollar in Norway and the dollar in Finland are
Actually really strong in their purchasing power is great as a matter of fact
It's one of the
Strongest dollars in all of Europe and when it comes to GDP we like to look at purchasing power parity
Which is probably the most accurate way to compare nations now for Norway its GDP sits at
393 billion dollars with Finland leaving slightly behind with
283 point
440 billion dollars in total they would have a GDP purchasing power parity of
365 point four four billion dollars ranking 36th in the world being in between Iraq and Algeria
Now how does this all break down? Well when we look at purchasing power parity?
We also got a look at other things that the country gets a lot of money from and that is
Exports imports and all that jazz now for exports
Let's just take a light look at it for Norway in
2016 their exports equaled eighty nine point four billion dollars where Finland had 55 point 1 billion dollars in total
combining these countries
They would equal one hundred and forty four point five billion dollars in exports
Being 31st in the world right next to Austria keep in mind guys
That is not an actual accurate number because there's a lot of training that goes between
Finland and Norway and Norway and Finland vice-versa and to take that into account when it comes to Norway it exports
1.9. Billion dollars to Finland and vice-versa for Finland exporting to Norway they export about
1.6. 9 billion dollars in total this equals three point five nine billion dollars going between the two countries and if we were to subtract
that from the total we would get
140 point 9 1 billion dollars having it ranked
32nd in the world now guys. I'm not really gonna. Go to imports because imports is stuff that you spend money on
I prefer exports where you make money on but with that in mind one thing that we should definitely look at is the
military of these two nations and see what would happen if they were brought together
Now the current military personnel the total military personnel
I should say of these two countries combined would equal three hundred and thirty four thousand five hundred and fifty people
again guys just an estimate
Don't get all like ah that's totally round
And of these two nations the one thing that they do have in common is that they do have a lot of people in reserves
because for combining these two nations
They're active personnel would only have its it at fifty five thousand five hundred and fifty people but to break down even further
Let's take a look at some of the aircraft
the tanks and the Navy that these two nations have and
What they would have if they were brought together in total when it comes to this?
Theoretical unification of Norway and Finland their aircraft strength would tally up to two hundred and fifty nine
Aircrafts as for their combat tanks
They sit at 212 however these two countries would have a lot of infantry fighting vehicles as a matter of fact
They would have approximately two thousand fifty four of them now as for their Navy
they sit at approximately three hundred and thirty-two and
Only about five of them would be frigates 6 would be submarines and the rest would be patrol boats because yeah
Finland and Norway they got a lot of patrol boats
I guess they don't really need stuff like
Battleships and aircraft carriers because they're not like the United States that are really going off to war all the time, so yeah
So yeah ok now. We've got the population. We've got money. We've got military
we should look at some of the achievements and one thing that I really love looking at is the
Big metals because Olympic medals are just probably the proudest things for a country to have
It's guys like you beat that other country
And you feel great about it right now when it comes to Olympic medals for Norway
They have approximately five hundred and twenty of them and of that there's about 188 gold medals that they have earned Finland has a total
454 with
143 of them being gold medals in total of all their medals
They would have 970 for having them sit at the rank of third in the world of all medals of all countries
But as for gold medals. They would also sit in third beating Germany having a total of
331 gold medals and of course let's move on to Nobel Prizes because it's all about intelligence, right?
mm-hmm Nobel Prizes when it comes to Norway they have 13 of them
Finland has 5 in total
They would combine their Nobel Prizes to equal 18 ranking 13th in the world of all the other countries and last
But not least guys I always like to close it all out with UNESCO zones because heritage is very very important
And I always like hearing that countries do really good things
for their cultural heritage
And for their natural heritage because that's just as important to and when it comes to the UNESCO zones and Norway has
Seven of them that are cultural and one natural Finland is slightly under with six cultural and one natural now you might think
Okay, well that's great now. They have a total of 15 UNESCO zones combined well actually
They really wouldn't this is because one of them is shared between the two nations
And this is the stern geodetic arc which was a bunch of arts policed all around Scandinavia to help determine the curvature of the earth
Way back in the day. However if we were to combine these two nations
They would have many different types of UNESCO zones such as fjords
churches forts and of course let's not forget rock, art that was the dawn of man within the region that dates back to
4200 to 500 BC
And probably the last most interesting thing about these two nations if they were to actually combine forces and become one big powerful nation
They would be basically an upside-down V
I mean like literally look at the size, and the shape of those two countries that would basically surround, Sweden
I feel like Sweden would be like ah oh god
We're surrounded by them, but either way it would be the most weirdly shaped country out of all the countries
I think in the world, but it would still be rather cool one so anyway guys. That is us
Just looking at Norway and Finland and seeing what would happen if they were brought together
I want to know your thoughts on this
I want to know if you think if you guys are living there if it would be a great idea or if you're like no
No, no no no no no we like our own culture. We like our own way of life. No. Thank you very much
Let us know your thoughts down there again guys
Don't be hating on everybody just because some people like yeah
I think that'd be cool or I'm from Finland and I'm from Norway, and we don't like each other come on
Let's all be friendly here and let's just have some fun engaging in the comments section, but on that guys
thanks for tuning in if you guys like learning about cultures and all that stuff you gotta hit that subscribe button because that's what we
Do other than that I will see you guys in the next video
My name is Dave Wawa, and it's been a pleasure hanging out and educating you alright. I'll see you in the next one. Bye
So there you have it guys alright now before you get out of here be sure to check out our videos on Norway and our
Videos on Finland because I think you guys are just really really gonna like them
I mean because we dug in and got a lot of information about these two great nations
And I'm pretty sure a lot of you guys will really like it so check them out other than that
We'll see you guys the next one. Bye bye