Total & land area: Albania vs Kiribati size comparison

Albania is 35.4 times bigger by total area compared to Kiribati: 11,100 sq mi vs 313 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Albania is 10,579 sq mi vs 313 sq mi for Kiribati — a 33.8 times difference in territory size.

Albania ranks 140/197 by total surface area vs 173/197 for Kiribati.
Albania occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0005% for Kiribati.
38.1% of Albania's area is agricultural land vs 42% in Kiribati.
Albania has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Kiribati has 0.0007%.
28.8% of Albania is covered by forests, compared to 1.46% in Kiribati.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Albania, and 0.00003% are in Kiribati.

True size map comparison: Albania vs Kiribati

See how Albania and Kiribati compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Albania	Kiribati
Total area	11,100 sq mi	313 sq mi
Size difference ratio	35.4	1
Total area rank	140/197	173/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.006%	0.0002%
Land area	10,579 sq mi	313 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	33.8	1
Land area rank	143/197	173/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.0005%
Population	2,377,128	134,518
Population density	221.4 ppl/mi²	443 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Albania	Kiribati
Forest area	3,046 sq mi	4.56 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	28.8%	1.46%
Forest area rank	131/196	187/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.00003%
Agricultural land area	4,033 sq mi	131.3 sq mi
Agricultural land share	38.1%	42%
Agricultural land area rank	138/194	172/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.0007%
Arable land	2,281 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Arable land share	21.6%	2.47%
Arable land area rank	120/191	182/191
Permanent cropland	339 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.2%	39.5%
Permanent cropland area rank	104/192	137/192
Water area	520 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.69%	0.12%
Water area rank	104/197	163/197
Roads length	2,451 mi	416 mi
Land borders length	429 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	224.9 mi	710 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.4%	11.9%

Albania vs Kiribati size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Albania and Kiribati but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.