Total & land area: Albania vs Lebanon size comparison [2026]

Albania is 2.75 times bigger by total area compared to Lebanon: 11,100 sq mi vs 4,036 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Albania is 10,579 sq mi vs 3,950 sq mi for Lebanon — a 2.68 times difference in territory size.

Albania ranks 140/197 by total surface area vs 162/197 for Lebanon.
Albania occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.007% for Lebanon.
38.1% of Albania's area is agricultural land vs 65.9% in Lebanon.
Albania has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Lebanon has 0.01%.
28.8% of Albania is covered by forests, compared to 14.2% in Lebanon.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Albania, and 0.004% are in Lebanon.

True size map comparison: Albania vs Lebanon

See how Albania and Lebanon 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	Lebanon
Total area	11,100 sq mi	4,036 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.75	1
Total area rank	140/197	162/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.006%	0.002%
Land area	10,579 sq mi	3,950 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.68	1
Land area rank	143/197	160/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.007%
Population	2,377,128	5,805,962
Population density	221.4 ppl/mi²	1,492 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Albania	Lebanon
Forest area	3,046 sq mi	560 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	28.8%	14.2%
Forest area rank	131/196	157/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.004%
Agricultural land area	4,033 sq mi	2,603 sq mi
Agricultural land share	38.1%	65.9%
Agricultural land area rank	138/194	145/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.01%
Arable land	2,281 sq mi	518 sq mi
Arable land share	21.6%	13.1%
Arable land area rank	120/191	143/191
Permanent cropland	339 sq mi	541 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.2%	13.7%
Permanent cropland area rank	104/192	95/192
Water area	520 sq mi	85.7 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.69%	2.12%
Water area rank	104/197	127/197
Roads length	2,451 mi	13,487 mi
Land borders length	429 mi	301 mi
Coastline length	224.9 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.4%	0.2%

Albania vs Lebanon size on the map

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

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