Total & land area: Algeria vs East Timor size comparison

Algeria is 159.6 times bigger by total area compared to East Timor: 919,595 sq mi vs 5,760 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Algeria is 919,595 sq mi vs 5,741 sq mi for East Timor — a 160.2 times difference in territory size.

Algeria ranks 10/197 by total surface area vs 155/197 for East Timor.
Algeria occupies 1.6% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for East Timor.
17.4% of Algeria's area is agricultural land vs 23% in East Timor.
Algeria has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — East Timor has 0.007%.
0.83% of Algeria is covered by forests, compared to 61.7% in East Timor.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Algeria, and 0.02% are in East Timor.

True size map comparison: Algeria vs East Timor

See how Algeria and East Timor 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

	Algeria	East Timor
Total area	919,595 sq mi	5,760 sq mi
Size difference ratio	159.6	1
Total area rank	10/197	155/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.47%	0.003%
Land area	919,595 sq mi	5,741 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	160.2	1
Land area rank	10/197	155/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.6%	0.01%
Population	46,814,308	1,400,638
Population density	52.3 ppl/mi²	250.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Algeria	East Timor
Forest area	7,636 sq mi	3,540 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.83%	61.7%
Forest area rank	110/196	127/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	159,633 sq mi	1,318 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.4%	23%
Agricultural land area rank	24/194	153/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.007%
Arable land	29,077 sq mi	431 sq mi
Arable land share	3.16%	7.5%
Arable land area rank	34/191	146/191
Permanent cropland	3,887 sq mi	308 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	5.37%
Permanent cropland area rank	37/192	110/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	18.8 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00004%	0.33%
Water area rank	161/197	140/197
Roads length	87,613 mi	3,753 mi
Land borders length	4,184 mi	157.2 mi
Coastline length	620 mi	439 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	0.7%

Algeria vs East Timor 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 Algeria and East Timor 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.